> I think you two are saying the same thing but from different vantage points. Yes, it's impossible to cause infection via an e-mail message ...
Sorry, but it is not so. As I have said before, there are certain loopholes, that can result in a virus activating if the user attempts to read an e-mail message. Those situations are extremely rare, and require a particular combination of mail readers and types of messages. The reason I am not more specific is simply that very few people know about the exact conditions, which hopefully will keep the chance of this happening deliberately down.
The most common methods of infections by e-mail nowadays of course involve users opening infected attachments (sually Word/Excel documents), but at least that requires a deliberate action by the user...he can see that there is a Word document attached to the e-mail and instead of opening it, it can be saved, scanned and only opened if it is virus-free. The point is that in the scenarios I am talking about, Word/Excel will be launched automatically as soon as you attempt to read the e-mail message, thus activating the virus.
> The likelihood of a virus is next to nil ....still run without any anti-virus software
Good luck. |
