1.   State health officials have succeeded in containing the virus.

2.   For example, within the federal government, the Marine Corps was forced to halt its base-to-base e-mail system until the virus was contained.

3.   And inspectors worried about other lots that might have contained live virus.

4.   A nice relative keeps sending e-mail messages that warn me that other e-mail messages contain viruses that will destroy my computer.

5.   A tiny, round piece of filter paper containing a virus that attacks anthrax bacteria is put onto a petri dish with the suspected anthrax sample.

6.   But Smith said that while the numbers are lower than those reported by this time last year, they did not indicate that the virus had been contained.

7.   But the attachments containing viruses were not opened and did not enter the computer system, Magis said.

8.   Experts say first to avoid suspicious e-mails and software programs that may contain viruses and to check suspicious e-mails with anti-virus programs.

9.   For instance, the other day a friend from the newspaper forwarded an e-mail and asked me if the attachment contained a virus.

10.   Hultin said he was not worried that he might be sending tissue containing live viruses.