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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1782385" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p>If one of your friends were to send an email that is infected there are a couple of things that could happen depending upon circumstances at the time:</p><p>1. If the email contains something that leads to an actual Windows virus and you are running the Mac OS when you run it the virus will not run. It could however be passed on to Windows users if you forward an infected email to them. </p><p>2. If the email triggers malware such as browser hijacks some of those can affect the Mac but can generally be cleaned up easily. </p><p>3. If you are running Windows on your Mac and open the email on the Windows side (BootCamp or virtual machine) the virus could affect the Windows side.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1782385, member: 131855"] If one of your friends were to send an email that is infected there are a couple of things that could happen depending upon circumstances at the time: 1. If the email contains something that leads to an actual Windows virus and you are running the Mac OS when you run it the virus will not run. It could however be passed on to Windows users if you forward an infected email to them. 2. If the email triggers malware such as browser hijacks some of those can affect the Mac but can generally be cleaned up easily. 3. If you are running Windows on your Mac and open the email on the Windows side (BootCamp or virtual machine) the virus could affect the Windows side. [/QUOTE]
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