Hi Since you guys are usually on top of these things and I haven't seen anyone mention it: --3 June 2002 Simile is Cross-Platform Virus The Simile virus infects Portable Executable (PE) and ELF files on both Windows and Linux operating systems. The virus does not carry a malicious payload, although infected files could display messages on certain dates. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/06/03/1022982662974.html http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/linux.simile.html Ed Hoeffner 1-271 BSBE 312 Church St. SE Mpls, MN 55455 hoeffner at dcmir.med.umn.edu 612-625-2115 612-625-2163 fax