A question about viruses and e-mail

[Gloria Pitsley <Glolyn@AOL.COM>]

Dear LM_Netters!

A message about a dangerous new virus prompted me to ask the following:

I was under the impression that a virus could not "infect" your system unless
you "ran" some sort of executable file that contained the offending virus.
 You can infect your system just by opening email and not downloading and
running an attached file with the e-mail?

Thanks for your help!

Gloria L. Pitsley
First Year LMS !!!!!
Beacon CSD
Beacon, NY   (about 1 1/4 hrs. north of NYC along the beautiful Hudson river)

glolyn@aol.com

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