Virus

[Carl Fischer]

Dear Dave,

The sad truth is, that you can't catch a virus from an email. period.  You
would have to receive a virus as an attachment with an email, and execute than
attachment to infect your machine.  The unfortunate fact is that these virus
"warnings" are they themselves the 'hoax' or 'virus', as they are unwittingly
spread from person to person.

Don't feel embarrassed, we've all participated in these spreading these hoaxes
at one time or another.

yours, 


Carl Fischer

P.S. A "macintosh" virus is very rare.  

"Those who go into lawsuits as pigs, generally come out as sausage."


> My wife sent this to me from her place of work and believe you should take
> notice. I appreciate your comments on the list and would not want to lose any
> of you do to a virus causing your computer to crash.
> 
> Dave Peake, RPT
> Portland, OR
> 
> 
> >>THIS MESSAGE IS FROM A REUPTABLE SOURCE. PLEASE SCREEN YOUR INCOMING
> >>E-MAIL AND
> >>TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.  OUR VIRUS PROTECTION DOES NOT HAVE AN ANTIDOTE FOR
> >>THIS VIRUS AT THIS TIME.  THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
> >>