The Clue
Modern virus carrier (5 letter answer)
The Answer
EMAIL
Tags
Notes
The answer EMAIL is seen frequently, appearing about once every 120 puzzles.
Related Clues
Cybermessage
Cybernotes
Enamel
Alternative to U.S.P.S.
AOL memos
Bluish green
In-box contents
Certain postings
Computer messages
Cyberspace messages
Cyberspace service
Desktop communication
Enamel, in France
French enamel
Instant correspondence
Internet messages
Internet missive
iPhone capability
iPhone function
Letters on screens
Letters, of a sort
Modern memoranda
Modern missive
Online correspondence
Online messages
Screen letters
Screened letters?
Screened messages?
Spam, maybe
Telecommunicated messages
Text alternative
90's-style letters
Alternative to the post office
High-tech memos
It opens with a click
Letters that lack stamps
Message from a BlackBerry, maybe
Message sent with a click
Send via cyberspace
Virus carrier, sometimes
Yahoo! or AOL offering
Communication that may have an attachment
It might arrive with a beep
It might have an attachment
Memo from a dot-com, maybe
Messages that may contain emoticons
Messages via MSN.com, e.g.
Something you click to open
It might go through a filter
Definition
EMAIL as a noun:
1. (electronic mail, e-mail, email) = (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in
EMAIL as a verb:
1. (e-mail, email, netmail) = communicate electronically on the computer; "she e-mailed me the good news"