"In the previous message, Jason Matthews said..." > > There is no way to transmit a virus to a computer via the terminal. > Sure, maybe you can turn the printer on and off. Or maybe start up an > zmodem download but you cannot get a virus on a remote machine by sending > ascii... It is possible with MSDOS machines to redefine keys via escape codes, so that a command like del, format, or whatever is run when the key is pressed. Format wants a confirmation, but del doesn't unless it is given *.* as an argument. So it is possible to be setup to run an unwanted command, etc via reading a message if ANSI.SYS or some clones are loaded. Other than that, I don't know how reading a message would do anything... > Jason -- pat@rwing [If all fails, try: rwing!pat@eskimo.com] Pat Myrto - Seattle WA "No one has the right to destroy another person's belief by demanding empirical evidence." -- Ann Landers, nationally syndicated advice columnist and Director at Handgun Control Inc.