i don't want to impune your reputation at all. and i apologize for the "alarmist" tone of my title above. but the event and the time stamps on the files installed on my PC correspond with the time i clicked through to your site. the specific sequence was: clicking on the provided link; pop-ups from fortunecity; closing the pop-ups; clicking on the "ships" link on the left-hand nav; and about the moment i floated the pointer over the "cylon" mesh, i received the active-x warning pop-up. i clicked on "no" because it was an unsigned and unknown file. but at that point, the activity light on the modem lit up, and the hard disk started to spin. i wasn't able to close the browser at that point. and the back button began to load multiple windows. i used the task mgr to kill the browser. and i disconnected the pc from the modem. when i tried to re-open the browser, it went bonkers - looping like mad. (so much for mcafee and win 2000, huh?) is it possible that one of the fortunecity pop-ups might have conveyed something? or is it possible that you might have uploaded something by mistake? i know you have a great reputation. the only reason i followed the link was because your godzilla was so cool. i'm pretty paranoid about foreign files on this machine. and 'osity and this forum were the first (and only) sites i visited on this machine, this evening. no hard feelings, please?