Viruses, Trojan horses and worms can range from minor nuisances to disasters. These e-mails are all a hoax . Whether it's the Good Times Virus , The AOL Alert or the PKZip scare, it's the same e-mail.
People can and do get viruses from attachments.
Simply double clicking on the attachment to open it will infect your Word template. Microsoft's fix is here . If you save a document or a program to your hard drive, run your virus scanner before you double click the file. Disks Disks are still the most common way of getting a computer virus. Before using someone else's disk, run your virus scanner.