>- Speaking of Hoax virus warnings,, Todd Copeland said this to Lukas-Fabian 
Moser on 11 Mar 97  19:05 -<
 TC> Here we go again.... you mention in your post "New (which it's not)
 TC> Word macro virus". The *macro* IS a virus and has little to do with
 TC> E-Mail. A macro can me send via E-Mail (any E-Mail application will do
 TC> this) but an "E-mail virus" does not exits. If I send an E-Mail to
 TC> someone using MS Mail they cannot become infected by purely reading
 TC> that E-Mail. Rod's right... talking about "E-Mail viruses" only serves
 TC> to spread the rumors that they exist (they do not).
Hey Todd,
  Can you give me any more info on the word macro viruses (which I am
  assured is the real plural of virus :->), because I found one on a
  system recently.  "Concept" vet_res called it.  It wasn't a real problem
  but I looked at the word basic source code for the virus and it has a bit
  that goes
SUB Payload
  Rem this should be enough to prove my point
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  Do you know of examples of people inserting payloads?  How much power does
  Word BASIC have anyway?
  I'd appreciate the info...
Steve
... "He'd make a very handsome throw rug." - Zazu
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