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Dan, >> Looking through the messages, it seems like there's some debate as to the viability of this process. << I can confirm that the DOC-virus Dan is talking about really does exist. Microsoft even wrote a Word-macro to prevent the virus of causing trouble. If installed, this MS-macro is executed everytime Word is started. I work in a multinational and they sent out a notice to all personal using Word 6.0, to install that MS-macro. The virus itself is a macro that is automatically executed everytime you open an infected-document. It then installs itself in the other (open?) doc-files it can find. Many of my collegues send DOC-files on a daily basis with the company's EMail-system, so you can see this virus can spread *very* fast. The Microsoft-macro I mentioned above also came with a DOC-file explaining how the virus works, so I can send it to anyone who is interested. Regards, Karl Van Hoyweghen on AutoPilot 1.80 Z7 A4000/40-Tower (karl.vanhoyweghen@ping.be)