The thing I like about AOL is that it never opens an attachment unless I tell
it to. All the defaults are set not to. Over the years I have been sent a
lot of viruses but all as attachments and in every case I simply delete the
e-mail along with the attachment.
Nick
In a message dated 28/11/01 06:27:51 Pacific Standard Time,
david@vermonthardwoods.com writes:
> How do you buy a computer with less bells and whistles?
>
> Unfortunately, unless you have either an Anti-Virus program, or the latest
> patch for Outlook Express, you can get the latest virus without
> intentionally opening the attachment. It will open by itself just by
> previewing the message.
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