On (23 Jan 97) Todd Copeland wrote to Julian Yap...
JY-> JD> please stop posting message about the good times virus this virus is
  -> JD> not a virus because it does NOT EXIST.
 TC>   ->That's right, it's a hoax.
JY-> JD> getting a virus reading a message is IMPOSSIBLE
 TC>   ->I wouldn't say that.  You can imbed a virus into a Windows Write
 TC> file and   ->say to the user to double click on the icon.  Not very
 TC> hard to do.
 TC> JD's statement is correct. If a macro is executed by Word then more
 TC> then reading a message is being done. Simply reading the document
 TC> CANNOT
 TC> activate a virus.
Opening the infected WORD DOC file with WORD will cuase you to be 
infected!  But that is true only with WORD Documents.  HOW you 
say... the infected word file is really a template file and Word 
knows that it's a template  file even though it has been renamed, 
and word will auto-run the macro virus code.
But who uses word to read their e-mail????
Gordon
... Man, that lighting sounds clo#A#V!&#v?##v .... NO CARRIER
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