Author: James Robertson
Date: 13:59:46 06/14/99
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On June 14, 1999 at 16:49:24, Chris Carson wrote: >James, > >A text file can contain a virus. Sorry, some >e-mail, with or without attachments can transfer >a virus. You can set your security on High for >your web-brouser and run Norton Antivirus (or some >other reliable s/w) and your risk will be low, but >not zero. > >Best Regards, >Chris Carson Wow that is surprising; I would never have guessed it. Like Alfred mentioned, I have a virus scanner and I never open attachments from people I don't know, but I am intrigued by a text file virus. Could you perhaps give me some theory on it? How do they work? Where are they hidden? Can it be activated by opening it in a text editor such as Notepad? Could you name some of these viruses? Maybe I can look them up. Thanks for your help! James
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