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Old August 6, 2008, 3:39 PM
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Originally Posted by James P. View Post
Careful, considering the content of the message, you may have just opened an e-mail infected with a virus.
Lots of problems with that statement. First, emails are almost never infected with viruses. It's the attachments they come with that pose any danger. Second, he's using a Mac, which would be immune to any viruses. And third, he's using Gmail. Gmail has built-in virus protection, and it would be impossible to execute code (which is how a virus would have to do anything) via a web-based mail service.
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