Yes, I think that it is, indeed a virus! This was happening to me about a week ago, and when I did a Total virus scan, I discovered that several files were contaminated. I knew something was wrong when I started getting e-mails from people on the forum, people whom I have never written to, but reconized their names..........and people who had no reason to write me about anything. To set your mind at ease, go to www.pc-cillin and do a on-line scan of your hard-drives. If in fact you are infected, they will tell you exactly what virus you have and give you a fix.........btw, it's free. (: I trully hope you are not infected but it is better to be safe then sorry.........I ended up have to re-format, what a pain in the a@@! Genny