Re: How do you kniw if its Valid Email

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Posted by David Sherman on Tuesday, January 27, 2004 at 7:58PM :

In Reply to: How do you kniw if its Valid Email posted by Paul(in NY) on Tuesday, January 27, 2004 at 7:06PM :

Just reading an email will not infect your computer. These viruses propagate as attachments that you have to explicitly run. If you don't run any attachments, you'll be okay. Executable attachments have suffixes like .exe, .com, or .pif. That alone is suspicious. The viruses also have vague subject lines and text.

I think the confusion is about what is meant by "open". If "open" just means to read the email, it is fine. If "open" means to double-click on a file attached to the email, then it is dangerous.

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Thanks David ntxt - Paul(in NY) 8:20PM 01/27/2004

Paul!! - MoparNorm 8:35PM 01/27/2004
- Hey Norm, its cheaper by the Drum - Paul(in NY) 11:22PM 01/27/2004
- Re: Paul!! NORM - George (AB) 10:51PM 01/27/2004

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