Here is some help for us XP users!!! If you use Windows XP To find out if a computer is infected, do the following: Click Start, and then click Search. In the What do you want to search for? box, click All files and folders. In the All or part of the file name box, type ctfmon.dll (see Figure 1). If that file exists on the computer, the computer is infected with Mydoom.B, and you need to follow the steps below. Otherwise, the computer is not infected with that variant of the virus. If your computer is infected, first try going to the website of your antivirus-software vendor to get the latest updates and information. If you are unable to access your antivirus-software vendor's site and need to fix the infection yourself, follow these steps: Click Start, and then click Run. In the Open box, type cmd. Click OK. The black Command Prompt window will open, displaying C:\...> followed by a cursor. Click the cursor and: Type del /F %systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts Press ENTER. Type echo # Temporary HOSTS file >%systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts Press ENTER. Type attrib +R %systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts Press ENTER. After typing these commands, do one of the following: If you use Windows NT 4.0, restart your computer. If you use Windows XP or Windows 2000, do not restart your computer. Instead, do the following: Type ipconfig /flushdns Press ENTER. RMStringer ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - we are the music-makers and we are the dreamers of dreams" -- O'Shaughnessy