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echo: virus_info
to: TODD COPELAND
from: JULIAN YAP
date: 1997-02-08 01:14:00
subject: VIRUS GOOD-TIMES

 -=> 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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