-=> Quoting Todd Copeland to Julian Yap <=-
JY-> JD> getting a virus reading a message is IMPOSSIBLE
->I wouldn't say that. You can imbed a virus into a Windows Write file and
->say to the user to double click on the icon. Not very 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 activate a virus.
Ever heard of the AUTOOPEN macro and various other auto-executable macros
in Word? Simply reading a document CAN activate a virus in Word.
TC> It's the same thing with computer code. Reading it will not activate a
TC> virus but launching it will.
Yes, that's is true with computer code though.
... What a stupid tagline.
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