>Date: Mon, 5 Dec 1994 11:11:36 -0500 >From: Joan Korenman <[log in to unmask]> > 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? One of the most common ways to transfer a file within AOL is to attach it to a mail message. This works for binary files as well. When you read the message, it prompts you to download the attached file. I bet there are a lot of people on AOL with a wiped hard drive... ________________________________________________________________________________ Brent Hammond <[log in to unmask]> Digital Information Systems Corporation (DISC)