The only virus I've had in the past six months was the Win32 virus (AKA Blaster, if IRC). But I personally disabled it in between internet sessions - i.e. I connected, somehow picked the virus up, disconnected, eradicated the virus, and reconnected a few days later. And the drive my Avernum games are on is not my primary - I have C:, D:, and E:, not to mention 3.5" A: and CD-ROM F:. I keep almost my Spiderweb games on E:, my primary is C:. And I didn't lose any other files, on any drive. I'm thinking an inept relative accidentally screwed something up not knowing what they were doing. I greatly appreciate your help, ef. You're quite wonderful!