Virus Alert

[Aaron Yeater]

> I've been told of a virus spreading via e-mail which has the word Happy 
> in subject or something to that effect.  If you view message your hard 
> drive will be wiped clean and the CPU will be given a rather complicated 
> mathematical request which will burn that out as well.  I hear this is 
> legit so  delete the message is what I hear to save yourself.  Beware...

you heard wrong.  there is no, repeat, no way to spread a computer 
virus via e-mail messages.  On the other hand, if someone sends 
attached files or downloads files, then a virus can be spread.  
stories about such a "virus" typically called "Happy" or "Good Times" 
have circulated for years and are apocryphal.  There is a website all 
about the Good Times hoax:

http://www.crew.umich.edu/~chymes/newusers/Think.html

live and learn....