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date: 2005-10-26 21:19:39
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-=> DAVID DRUMMOND wrote to CHARLES ANGELICH <=-

 DD> But they don't explain how I might catch these things.

 DD> In Windows, when a virus arrives in an email, we only have to click on
 DD> the attachment to give it unlimited access to our systems (although
 DD> this is being fixed in the later versions).

 DD> This does not happen with Linux.

 It won't happen with any ISP that is worth its salt.  They scan
 the email before it reaches you. ;-)

 Regards,

 Robert Fowler

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