On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 08:45:11AM -0600, Steve Fuller wrote: : : On Mar 19, 2004, at 8:00 AM, Andrew wrote: : : >You need it because those viruses fake the sender's address, so you : >might get something from someone you "trust", which is really a virus, : >then not being able to open the "photo" that your "friend" sent, you : >reply asking him or her to send it again only now your friend's : >computer (which runs Windows) is infected by that virus that YOU sent. : : While this is a plausible scenario, this issue (along with many others : on the net) boils down to user training. The Mac did not forward the : virus, YOU the user did.
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