* Replying to a message originally to Dan Triplett on 26-11-96
MY> Hi Dan,
MY>
MY>  > I have a friend who uses a Mac....I think she says its a
MY> system 7.
MY>  > She says that Macs are very different from IBM in how they
MY> execute
MY>  > files.
MY>
MY> The difference is the Mac reads the disk as soon as you insert
MY> it and this reading can infect the system.
MY>
MY>  > Her claim is that it is possible to get a virus from reading
MY> e-mail
MY>  > on her machine.  She refused to open any mail labeled "good
MY> times>"
MY>
MY> This is a hoax a virus can't be got by reading mail. It would
MY> be hard to design a virus that would infect MACs and IBMs or
MY> other machines people use to read the mail.
MY>
What about Java script....  I mean Netscape as well as MSIE execuite 
Javescript commands from E-mail messages...  Maybe Goodtimes will be come a 
reality once programers learn how to exploit Java scrpts...
See Ya!
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