Re: viruses through Messenger?!

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From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 02/17/04 

Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 23:02:21 -0500

If you get a link from someone and click on it, you can get a virus. Text
alone won't do it.

If it's your dad's computer, and he doesn't want you using Messenger, I
suggest you live without it -

Erica wrote:
> I wanted to know if you can get viruses by using Messenger. My dad
> took it off the computer after we had problems with it and it crashed
> twice. and he swears it was the chatting that did it. And now I
> want to prove to him that you don't get viruses by sending text back
> and forth. so please help me if you can!

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