lmckenzie, That's what I find so hard to understand... so many pirated files carry viruses and worms (they are not from trustworthy sources in the first place)... and it takes forever and two weeks to get a system disinfected... so why would a person take that risk? Over and over? Figure that a clothing pack costs, what, $30? Suppose that a thief has a dsl line and can get 10 items for "free" during his little evening download spree... you might get better odds playing russian roulette. $300 versus losing everything on his system and 2 weeks of his time? Yep, Smart all right. It is even better if he shares disks with his buddies and they all end up sanitizing their computers. Carolly