Hi Larry,
Larry Keenan to Berk Ozbozkurt, 14 Oct 97 11:54.
 LK> It is not impossible to get a virus simply by unzipping something. You
Explain, please. It was the last time I looked. 
 LK> can also activate a virus by copying a file. Some boot sector files
It depends what you mean by activate. If you mean infect yourself, no, you 
can't. If you mean trigger a payload, only if the virus is already active in 
memory.
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... Bother! said Pooh, as the plot device was re-used again.
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