Despite a regular maintainance and anti-virus strategy, the BTA's computer system was infected at the end of last week by the W97M/Titch.D virus. The virus is harmless but hides so that you do not know you have got it and attaches itself to all Word files. The virus is then spread through attachments. The BTA's anti-virus software failed to detect this variant and as only two or three people informed the office that they had received it on e-mails, presumably the anti-virus packages of others has not seen it either. Anyone who has received an e-mail from the association in the last ten days with a Word file attached may well have received the virus even with their anti-virus software running. The BTA had to download a specific patch for this variant from their anti-virus suppliers. You may wish to check your files...