I stand corrected. There apparently is a security problem with certain versions of Outlook and Internet Explorer that will allow an e-mail to automatically run the attachment. Here is a link to Microsoft with a fix (notice that they say the problem is with IE, not Outlook?): http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/... lletin/MS01-020.asp I guess I should never say never! You shouldn't be able to get a virus by opening an e-mail, but apparently the virus-writers found a way. Tommy TMead17327@aol.com

Don't worry, you can never get a virus just by opening an e-mail. It's the attachments that can be big trouble. Never, ever, ever, never open an attachment if you don't know where it came from and what it contains.

Tommy TMead17372@aol.com

um, sorry! but this is from PCWorld website: Sam Costello, IDG News Service Monday, November 26, 2001 A new variant of a mass-mailer Internet worm that installs a backdoor program that can allow attackers to access recipients' PCs is spreading on the Internet, according to virus alerts from a number of antivirus companies. The worm, called Badtrans.B, is a new variant of the older Badtrans virus, according to antivirus companies. The variant is executed when a user opens an infected e-mail, and does not require a user to click on an attachment, as many mass mailer worms do, according to Activis and TruSecure virus alerts. The worm exploits a security vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express e-mail clients to automatically execute the attachment when the e-mail is opened, they said.