FW: FWD>URGENT E-MAIL WARNING (fwd)

[David Akin]

>        Not real. It is IMPOSSIBLE to get a virus from an email unless it
>has an attached program that you actually RUN. An email, as far as you
>cmoputer is concerned, is just a string of characters which pass by
>uninspected. It could no more get a virus from an email than your postman
>could get ideas from a sealed letter which he delivers to you. Again, only
>if you get an attached program, load it into your computer and tell it to
>run it is it possible for a virus to be transmitted.
>        These email virus hoaxes have been going around for years, like
>bad chain letters.

James point is true enough but the latest one flying around - the
AOL4FREE one or whatever - is, according to reliable sources, not a hoax.
The virus comes as an executable program attached to e-mail. Opening the
e-mail, of course, is harmless. Running the program that is attached to
the e-mail, on the other hand, may cause problems.

As with any virus notification, you should always consult the experts.
Symantec Corp., makes of the Norton Utilities and Norton Anti-Virus
utility software packages, have extensive documentation on this virus and
other hoaxes. See for yourself at www.symantec.com




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