Author: Chris Carson
Date: 14:13:33 06/14/99
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On June 14, 1999 at 16:59:46, James Robertson wrote: >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 Well, I do not claim to be an expert, so maybe I am wrong, but here at the company I work for, I have been warned (this last spring) that e-mail (unopened, with not attachments) contained a virus and we downloaded the latest Norton AV list. Maybe it was just a false alarm. Maybe our high paid sysadmins don't know what they are talking about? I just do what I am told and download Norton AV list each week and report any virus it finds (finds one everyonce in a while in text files, e-mail (no attachment), word doc, excel macro, ...) Best Regards, Chris Carson
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