-=> Mocking Peter to Christoph <=-
  (Mock, mOck, moCk, mocK)
 CN> Can a WordDocument of WinWord 6.0 be infected by a virus?
 PS> 
 PS> Yes it can.. 
 
this part is correct...
 CN> What sort of viri can such a document include and how is the virus
 CN> executed? 
 PS> 
 PS> Word 6.0 can be hit with a Macro virus, this happens when you run a
 PS> Macro  to insert certain names or function within Word, word uses
 PS> certain excutable  files within itself to run the your macro, the
 PS> virus attachs itself to those   ???.exe files that run your function
 PS> and then spread themself all over your Word's excutables or right
 PS> thoughtout your ???.exe's on your HDD.. 
this part was hopelessly incorrect...
 PS> I hope this was clear & helpful..
clarity needs to coexist with accuracy or it will never be helpful...
macro viruses infect the macro portions of *.doc files, not exe files,
and not com files... it's just a special portion of the doc that ms word
for windows interprets as containing programs that it has to interpret
and run...
... i miss the blinking leds on my external modem...
--- Blue Wave v?.?? [NR]
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