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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
How on earth did that happen?
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Running Windows, with no currently updated anti-virus software installed, and clicking on attachments sent in email from random strangers is a likely candidate.
It's one reason I use GMail as my primary account. Messages and attachments are stored on Google's servers. Messages are read on line. Attachments aren't downloaded unless I know what they are, and GMail won't accept atttachments with things that might be executable in them, even wrapped in a Zip file.
The "no executables" dictum is a pain, as GMail doesn't document what it thinks is executable. I had a zip file full of HTML code and images to replicate a web site bounced. Ah, well. The Yahoo account can be used for that, and meanwhile, the rest of GMail is dandy.
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Dennis