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echo: virus_info
to: DAVID DESROSIERS
from: RICHARD ST. JOHN
date: 1997-03-25 15:20:00
subject: Re: Hoax virus warnings,

-=> In our last episode David Desrosiers babbled something to Richard St. 
hn
 -=> Quoting Richard St. John to Lukas-Fabian Moser <=-
 
 DD> ARGH! That's exactly like me emailing you a raw .EXE that's
 DD> infected, and asking that you run it. That's not the same thing as it
 DD> transparently executing itself, which is what these email hoaxes claim.
 DD> There *IS* one in MS-Mail that will infect upon opening it, though. Hit
 DD> Frisk Software's home page, and then read the 2.26 Notes, and you'll
 DD> see what I mean. 
Actually the Sharefun does not infect upon opening the E-mail message
within Microsoft Mail. It infects when the attached document is opened
by Microsoft Word and then there is an X percent chance of running the
payload. Please reread the 2.26 Bulletin on FRISK Software's homepage,
they stress it is NOT an E-mail virus. Also look on McAfee for another
synopsis of this virus.
 DD> Not anymore... (BTW, Lotus Notes viruses are next (well,
 DD> Domino viruses, actually, since there is no more "Notes" to speak of)).
Still bunk.
RS
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