This is probably a dumb question, and possibly insulting to you guys (though I honestly hope not - that's not my intent), but here goes... To provide some perspective - I've been supporting Windows users professionally for the last 10 years or so. Lately, the amount of time I spend fixing problems related to trojans, worms, spyware, virii, etc..., has exploded. As a matter of fact, I'm working on a client's system right now, just to the left of the system I'm using to type this message. Over the last couple of years I've slowly begun to use Linux rather than Windows for = my own personal computers. I'm learning, but slowly. Now, to get to the point. I have a system running SuSE 9, FTP-installed. It has the libjawt.so problem that I've found mentioned in various online support threads, including a thread in the January archives here. Usually the various mentions end with somebody telling the user to download and install the Java Runtime from Sun. I tried that and still get the error when trying to run YAST. In the January thread for this list, Guillermo recommended another poster download and install the JRE, AND download and install his own RPM, from his own website. I'm anxious to get this problem resolved so I may install various components, but I'm a little gunshy about just downloading and installing some random package from a site I know nothing about. I don't believe there is anything malevolent at all about Guillermo's files, but I'm ordinarily a very trusting sort, and I'm wondering what the wise course of action would be for something like this. Those of you more clued-in, how would I confirm something like this? My instinct says there's nothing to worry about, but having spent the weekend fighting various Windows malware on 2 different client systems, I'm thinking it might be prudent to think carefully about blindly installing anything. Thanks, Steve PS: I don't mean to single this one instance out. I'm confident the particular thread I'm mentioning is perfectly innocent. I was really asking more 'in general', as this sort of thing occurs all the time, and I don't want to one day install some RPM that hoses my system, because a knowledgeable 15 year old wanted to get some kicks. -- Best regards, Stephen Jacobs mailto:Steve@JacobsHome.org Spirits were brave, men boldly split infinitives that no man had split before. Thus was the Empire forged.