Author: James Robertson
Date: 14:12:29 06/14/99
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On June 14, 1999 at 17:05:04, Andrew wrote: >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. That is what I thought; I figured that any kind of file that is opened by a program as opposed to executed by the OS (with the exception of macros) is safe.... James > >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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