This message is from: "Mark and Lisa K. McGinley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The only way to get a virus via e-mail is for the virus to be an attachment to the message. The attachment file (virus) has to be "opened" or "launched" by clicking on it. The file also has to be a self executing type (.exe is one example). The virus could also be a "zipped" file that the unsuspecting unzips and thus runs it too. Just downloading e-mail from your provider and reading it can't give you a virus. If you get an attachment from someone you don't know, e-mail them and ask what it is before you open it, or delete it. Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Steve, > > There seems to be confusion about whether or not just reading a message > can get you in trouble. I wonder if the reduced volume of messages these > last few days is due to worry about the worm. Am I correct in thinking a > computer cannot be affected by a person simply reading the e-mail > message? Don't you actually have to click on an icon within the message > itself to get in trouble? > > Brian Jacobsen
