J Wynia wrote:
>
>>>your infected if you recieved it or checked your mail. period!
>>
>>I'd disagree with that. The worm spreads through the attachment that
>>would need to be opened. If you didn't open it and run the worm, I
>>don't see how it could infect your machine.
>
>
> Yeah. I've gotten 10's of thousands of infected messages over the years
> and NEVER gotten infected by an email. The only virus I've ever gotten was
> Monkey.B in 1996 from a floppy disc.
>
> Computer viruses are like real world infections. Getting the infected
> messages is like someone sneezing on you. You can be exposed to tons of
> infections, but never get sick. Or, if you have a weak immune system, you
> can get sick with every little thing that comes along.
>
>
Or if you are a Mac user - - you don't have to worry - because you are
Perfect.
-- -------------------------------------------------------------- Terrible Tom -- AIM & Yahoo Name: SilverEightynine
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