Technical Question?

[Phantom Blooper]

I have received emails pertaining to opening up ecards for the Christmas holidays.Stating that they may have a worm in them. I have anti-virus software and a firewall and I don't open anything that gets past from anyone I don't know or that is suspect. My question for the technological illiterate (me) is: If the message gets past the anti-virus and the firewall,if it not opened,just deleted,can a worm still invade your computer since the message is going to the hard-drive and not to the quarantine? Thanks! Semper-Fi! Chuck Hall

[Wyoming]

Originally posted by Phantom Blooper
I have received emails pertaining to opening up ecards for the Christmas holidays.Stating that they may have a worm in them. I have anti-virus software and a firewall and I don't open anything that gets past from anyone I don't know or that is suspect. My question for the technological illiterate (me) is: If the message gets past the anti-virus and the firewall,if it not opened,just deleted,can a worm still invade your computer since the message is going to the hard-drive and not to the quarantine? Thanks! Semper-Fi! Chuck Hall

Can't answer all your questions - the technical ones - but can enlighten folks on the virus you write of today.

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/zafi.asp (http://)

[Phantom Blooper]

Thank you!:)