thanks and anyone else clueless like me this
http://www.privacyresources.org/pgp101.htm
site is helpfull on installing

[pong]pgp[/pong]

good point.i downloaded the file off a discussion board it gave a password
i thought well i just need to unzip it and give the password but lo
and behold its not simply a zip but a neto.zip.pgp
thats when i ran to my antionline family
its supposed to be porn (the file)
but now im really confused if i need another pgp key to open it
wow why did i bother