LISAANNE, Open Outlook Express/Tools/Options/Security tab and uncheck "do not allow attachments to be opened or saved which could potentially be a virus", click Apply/OK. It is still good practice to have a Antivirus program installed and running in real time mode.
HTH,
Larry
I can not open the files that come with my emails.... when i double click on email in the screen that shows the email it also has OE removed access to the following unsafe attatchments in your mail.. but in this screen i can click on the files and open them why can't i open them straight from the email as i usually did????

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