"Here are some sure things: you can't get a virus by simply reading an email. Malicious code can't harm hardware. A virus can't hide from a booted, write-protected diskette. Your computer can't get infected from a picture file."

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"Instead of using the VCR, people are using DVDs or downloading the movie to their computer. The Internet has had several prime-time soap operas that are only available on the Net. Stephen King released one of his latest novels only on the Internet. "