In order to get a virii/worm, there has to be an attachment and the attachment has to be executable, ie., exe.. Once you click on the attachment to open it.. whether or not you think you did (many are masked to indicate they can't be opened), it is opened and down loading to your hard drive. If you do not attempt to open the executable file and just delete it, you are safe from that particular infected e-mail. You can not get a virii from a plain text e-mail, but can from an e-mail containing an exe. pain text file. Make sense? You have to execute an action in oder to get a virii... simply opening an e-mail won't do it.. It has to have an exe. file attached and you have to click on it. Attachments in e-mails like mpeg abd jpeg are not exe. programs and are safe. So if you just avoid opening exe. files or any other down loads, a virii can not down load to your hard drive and infect your PC. I have a webtv that I use for the internet as it CAN NOT be infected with a virus.. the reason? It can not open executable files... Hope this helps.
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