Posted by Jack Cain on Thursday, April 15, 2004 at 11:17AM :
In Reply to: computer troubles - viruses and worms posted by RDavis on Thursday, April 15, 2004 at 0:32AM :
You don't have to be looking at questionable content to get a virus, you just have to have an e-mail account.
If you are using Microsoft Outlook with the preview pane enabled all you have to do is receive an e-mail with a virus and bingo, it automatically loads and infects your PC.
Spam-bots pick up your e-mail address from forums such as this one.
Better safe than sorry, especially since anti-virus software is so cheap (often given away as part of a bundled purchase)