Author: Andrew
Date: 14:05:04 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. I have to disagree here: _not_a_chance_ (unless you mean word document with macro-virus). Ascii Text file or any *non executable* document like ps, bmp, anything zipped (well, content of zip is a different thing...) etc. is 100% safe. Sorry, some >e-mail, with or without attachments can transfer >a virus. Also impossible (unless you use MS outlook or other brain-damaged mail program with macro-capabilities). Some nasty emails *may* cause your tcp to crash, but that's about only harm... Just use 'normal' e-mail program...:) -Andrew- 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
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