Hello KURT.

06 Sep 04 13:42, you wrote to me:

 KW> -=> JASEN BETTS wrote to KURT WISMER <=-

 JB>> Hello KURT.

 JB>> 29 Aug 04 20:31, you wrote to all:

 KW>> o "email viruses" are OFF-TOPIC!  They do NOT exist!

 JB>> Are we supposed to call them worms instead?

 KW> yes, email worm would be the proper term... i have, on quite a number
 KW> of occasions now, battled against the use of the term "email virus"
 KW> as it is misleading (it suggests the email is 'infected' when in fact
 KW> it is not and cannot be due to the specifications of what an email
 KW> is)...

but they're not worms because they don't spread by themselves...
the user has to alteast run the email application and usually open the
message too and often then open(or run) an attachment...

how is infected defined that it can apply to floppy disks but not to email
messages? (or can it not apply to floppy disks?)

Jasen

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