In a recent note I stated:

> I have downloaded over 20,000 standard midi music files from the
> Internet that all perform satisfactorily.  (Sadly, I must also report
> that several computer viruses ... have done well also.)
>
>[ Oooh, bad news!  Have others "caught viruses" in this fashion?
>[ I.e., while down-loading data files?  I thought viruses only
>[ traveled with executable programs, etc.  -- Robbie

Robbie is likely correct.  What I failed to add to my note is the fact
that I also downloaded (with the 20,000 tunes) just about every free
MIDI player on the Internet.  All were opened, tried and then discarded.
By then, the damage was done.  So which came first?  The (virus)
chicken or the (virus) egg ?  I still have a "form virus" in the boot
section of my 166-MHz computer which has slowed it to a crawl!  Any
suggestions out there (besides setting it ablaze)?

Regards,  Rick Cooley