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echo: aust_avtech
to: Rod Gasson
from: Jasen Betts
date: 2004-03-23 20:03:14
subject: Re: Locking Windows

Hi Rod.

22-Mar-04 17:15:06, Rod Gasson wrote to All


 RG> is, and why they are used, because I can assure you that no one has EVER
 RG> "run" a cookie file under any circumstances whatsoever.
 RG> A cookie is nothing more than a simple plain text file. It isn't an
 RG> executable, it can't be executed, therefore it can never ever cause a
 RG> virus infection.

well, a cookie is just data associated with a website, there's no requirement
that it be stored as a text file. (it has been done differently on
different systems)

>> RG> The only way to get a virus infection is by actually RUNNING a
>> RG> virus infected executable.

like a spreadsheet or word document...

 -=> Bye <=-

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