Hi Susan, I would just first save the attachment into my documents folder. Then I would go in there and arrow to the attachment. Now press the application key and down arrow to scan with AVG or whatever anti virus you have installed on your PC. If it is clean then you will just be returned to the file and no warning messages will be displayed. See howthis goes for you. Paul -----Original Message----- From: vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Susan Curry Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 6:22 PM To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [vip_students] scanning attachments hi folks, how do i scann an attachment for viruses? susan best wishes susan ******************************************************************** NOTICE: The information contained in this email and any attachments is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient you should not use, disclose, distribute or copy any of the content of it or of any attachment; you are requested to notify the sender immediately of your receipt of the email and then to delete it and any attachments from your system. NCBI endeavours to ensure that emails and any attachments generated by its staff are free from viruses or other contaminants. However, it cannot accept any responsibility for any such which are transmitted. We therefore recommend you scan all attachments. Please note that the statements and views expressed in this email and any attachments are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of NCBI ********************************************************************