hi Hans, you wrote.......... Last week there was a posting of a hoax. Some months ago, I've seen someone post a site address where you can check on such hoaxes. Does anyone by chance know what the address is? Try these Hans....... http://www.av.ibm.com/BreakingNews/HypeAlert/ http://www-cu.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html http://www.umich.edu/~wwwitd/virus-busters/ http://directory.compuserve.com/Forums/MCAFEE/message.asp http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa030798.htm http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/CSD/News/virushoaxes.htm http://chekware.simplenet.com/hoaxfaq.htm http://www.kumite.com/myths all the best .......Murray [log in to unmask]