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To: TimF who wrote (29523)	10/7/2002 10:50:17 PM
From: Doug Coughlan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110655

This is direct from Yahoo's email site re. "Are computer viruses sent via email a threat to me? Yahoo! Mail is a web-based email system. Your email messages, address book, and other account information are stored on our servers, rather than on your computer. Because of this, simply viewing your Yahoo! Mail email messages does not make your computer vulnerable to computer viruses. Attachments sent along with email are not a threat to your system if you do not download them. However, if you choose to download an attachment by either opening it or saving it to your computer, your computer does then become vulnerable to computer viruses. (The same is true of all files you download to your computer, whether email attachments or not.) For this reason, we recommend that you do not download attachments or other files from any source that you do not know and trust. As a further precaution, we recommend that you use one of the many anti-virus programs now available. Following these two suggestions will greatly reduce your likelihood of experiencing trouble from computer viruses."