On 16 Aug 97 at 0:35, Albert W Needham wrote:
 
> I have also read many places that a simple e-mail message cannot
> contain a virus. It was correct to say that these types of hoaxes
> come up regularly and seem to scare the b-j's out of everyone.
 
The old chestnut comes around again!!
While I agree that a simple e-mail message cannot contain a virus,
there are messages that can. For example Michael Reddell's messages
always come to me in two parts. The first is an e-mail message, then
part two is a binary file that my machine can't read. Not suggesting
that there is anything nasty included, but there could be!!
        My suggestion. Add Norton Anti-Virus, this program has an auto
protect feature which examines everything being downloaded to your
hard drive, then warms if something is wrong.
 
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