Willem Blees wrote: > >My son sent this to me. Willem Blees > > I have just received a Virus Warning. If you receive an >>> e-mail >>> >>> entitled "WIN A HOLIDAY" DO NOT OPEN IT!!!!!!! It will erase >>> >>> everything on your Hard Drive (c:). [..snip..] This hoax has been around the block several times in several forms. The fact is that merely opening and reading e-mail cannot infect your computer with a virus. It is possible for an e-mail to come with an attached file that will get deposited in your "ATTACH" directory, or some such place, and if it is an executable program and if you are so foolish as to deliberately run that unknown program, then sure, it could release a virus. But merely reading e-mail - no. Bob Scott Ypsilanti, Michigan
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