Author: Torstein Hall
Date: 14:48:31 06/14/99
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On June 14, 1999 at 17:12:29, James Robertson wrote: >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 You are 100% correct! Torstein >>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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