Author: Francis Monkman
Date: 15:57:10 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 A possible risk might be if you use an html mail-browser, that might execute macros. If you use a text mail-browser, you should be okay? Francis
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