Phil Bull
philbull@gmail.com
Viruses are unlikely to infect your computer, but could infect the computers of people you email.
Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
pclouds@gmail.com 2011-2012.

# Tôi có cần quét virút trong email của tôi không?

Virút là chương trình phá hoại nếu có thể thâm nhập vào máy bạn. Cách thông thường để vào máy bạn là thông qua email.

Viruses that can affect computers running Linux are quite rare, so you are unlikely to get a virus through email or otherwise. If you receive an email with a virus hidden in it, it will probably have no effect on your computer. As such, you probably don’t need to scan your email for viruses.

You may, however, wish to scan your email for viruses in case you happen to forward a virus from one person to another. For example, if one of your friends has a Windows computer with a virus and sends you a virus-infected email, and you then forward that email to another friend with a Windows computer, then the second friend might get the virus too. You could install an anti-virus application to scan your emails to prevent this, but it’s unlikely to happen and most people using Windows and Mac OS have anti-virus software of their own anyway.