virus

[ezdays]

... As I said - risky behavior around unsolicited attachments. But just opening the email won't do a thing to harm you.

Grin,
Stein

You are right, the email itself is not the problem, it's the attachment. And it's risky at best even if you have an A/V program since you can't be sure if it has a known signature. I don't even want to take the chance that my A/V could miss a known virus, one has to have a lot of faith that the net will catch you when you jump into it. I'd rather not jump than have to worry. From what I've been reading, clicking on a link could be harmful, something about a "drive by" where it tries to load something just by going to the site. Then again, you should be protected in the event something there tries to load a rogue program. It's when you say, "OK" that gets you into trouble, so it's best not to get into that situation in the first place.