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To: Gottfried who wrote (24940)	1/24/2002 4:44:00 PM
From: Bill Fischofer	of 110653

Re: "Friends" That's precisely how viruses propagate. You get a christmas.exe from "someone you know" who's been infected. Because it comes "from a friend" you run it and now you're infected too. Virus propagation depends on human gullibility as much as technical finesse. Friends can send christmas.gif, christmas.rm, christmas.mpg, etc. and you're perfectly safe because all they're sending you is data. There is zero need to package such stuff as executables. As far as "corrupted files" goes, replacing a system binary with one gotten "from a friend" rather than using the system's built-in integrity check/repair facilities is asking for trouble. Sorry, but I still see no legitimate need ever to transmit a .exe file via e-mail.

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