This might be old news, but.. The FBI has developed a virus, dubbed 'Magic Lantern,' which arrives on a victim's computer in the form of a virus through email or well-known vulnerabilities. Magic Lantern uses keylogging to extract keys typed in, and sends them off to the FBI.

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/11/2...251&mode=nested

http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/12/1...reut/index.html

http://news.excite.com/news/r/011212/18/te...magiclantern-dc

Very interesting..

 

I never open any email unless I recognize the sender.

 

Me too, not worth the grief.

 

What email program do you use?

With Outlook, it's inevitable for the emails to open.

 

I use Outlook Express - they don't have to open automatically in that .....

 

This is an older thread but I just noticed it...

A virus is spread via email by an attachment which no email software including Outlook opens automatically. Outlook and other email software can show a "preview" of the contents of an email but that's not going to infect your system with a virus stashed in an attachment.