Hi John,

Word 97 through Word 2003 use the same file
format so there isn't a 'converter' involved as such.
It is possible that the attachment contained one or
more macro viruses in them (there are over 7,000).

Are you running an up to date (last 7 days) antivirus
software package?  Did you save the file to disk and
check it before opening it from an email?

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I recently opened an attachment which was an old word97
document that may have then, upon conversion to current
word for XP, sent me to a website which downloaded viruses.
While I removed the viruses from my computer, I couldn't
detect or remove the bug from the word file.  And when I
opened the file again the same thing happened.

Is this an old bug or a new one???

-John Foster >>