On Fri, 4 Nov 2005, Iman Bhullar wrote: > I'm pretty sure this 666 thing is bad news. It keeps popping back up in > the folder even though I moved it to the Trash - so I just move the new > copy into the trash as well. You are right... 666 is just never a good thing. In this case, it sounds like it is one of the variants of the MacOS.Sevendust virus. That "box," or invisible character, is a symptom of one of the variants. Maybe take a look here to see if this will help you (or indeed, to see if this is even on the right track): <http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/mac-sevendust.html> But only after you have another drink to celebrate your thesis. :) Good luck, Susan