I don't know if AOL has resolved the AOL-Gold virus problem, but one of the things I did during all the spamming was to turn the download attached files options off. If I wanted the attached file, there is an option to "download files later." By clicking that button, the file(s) will be downloaded during the next flashsession. That way, I only get the files that I am interested in (which, apart from the spamming stuff has turned out to be everything <GRIN>) Manderwiz also known as joyce