>> But aren't attachments closed files that would need to be opened in order to
>> activate a virus? Even if you agree to a prompt to save an attached file, it
>> seems that file would be inert until one opened it. If you trash an infected
>> file before opening it, it seems you should be safe.
>
>Is the act of opening always so crearly delimited? I thought that the fancier
>mailers would just "decode" the attachment and show it in the form appropriate
>to it. If not, then I recant.
>
Without being aware of the coding details of "opening" of "reading" of
files/e-mails, I have had personal experience of receiving an e-mail, and on
only reading it with Eudora, a screen-saver programme executed itself,
installed itself and took over from my previous screensaver...
Chris