Computer viruses are real and a force in our lives that have to be understood and dealt with.
The University has a site license to Macafee's virus scanning software for both work and home that is distributed on the WIAP disk. Many of you are not aware of a few hoaxes that are also floating around. These hoaxes usually arrive in an email sent to you from a well-meaning friend or work associate. The subject usually says there's a new virus lose. The text mentions that you shouldn't open any email messages with a specific subject.