Website email address munging - does it work against viruses?

From: Bill Case (Bill4611_at_Hotmail.com)
Date: 02/28/04 

Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 22:14:11 GMT

Hi,
I just started getting some virus emails through an address on my website.
Does munging these addresses work, or do these viruses work through the
properties of the links, or what?

Thanks