>    Yes, I know that it is quite possible that these warnings are simply hoaxes
> or computer folklore, but better safe than sorry.
 
        I've always been told that viruses are not transmitted via email
messages but rather through executable files that one downloads via ftp or
transfers from a floppy disk.  Is that incorrect?  Can a normal text
message communicate a virus via email?
 
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