I got a message from someone in my contact list over the weekend, saying something like "Hey Linda, check this out" and there was a link. The link had my hotmail address in it. It was too strange and I sent a message back asking what it was about (I did not click the link). I didn't get an immediate answer, so I closed the MSN window. Later the person sent me an email warning me to not click the link as it was a virus. I wasn't worried because I didn't click the link and I had closed the window to make sure I didn't accidently click it. However, as a precaution I did 2 virus scans (one with my own antivirus, and one that is online at my ISP host), and both came up clean. I did my usual twice a week virus scan yesterday, and again my system was clean. Last night I get a message from my antivirus that it had just detected and deleted a virus (Win32.Nochod.J worm). I looked online and saw that it is a virus that is spread through MSN Messenger. So it seems to me that you don't have to click any link, or download any file to get that particular virus from someone who is infected with it. It's better to be safe than sorry which is why I started this thread.

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi