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@coolenufff9 you don't have to reply to the emails to be targeted. just opening it can put a virus on your computer, delete it without opening it

@lsullivan110 - That is not entirely true. The opening of ATTACHMENTS to email from strangers is the most common way of incurring infection. Never open any attachments from anyone you don't know, and worse, from some people you DO know. Otherwise well-meaning folks unwittingly spread malware by forwarding jokes, pictures, links or other "cute" items without even knowing it is infected. Always have your virus protection up to date and some kind of registry protection resident, and NEVER open any attachments which have a filename extension of .exe, .com, .bat, .cmd. or .vbs, if you are running Windows. This is not a complete list of executable extensions, so, be aware.