On 15 Apr 1997, Rich Pieri wrote:
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> >>>>> "IEPL" == Ing E Palomar Lever <epalomar@roentgen.gdl.iteso.mx>
> >>>>> writes:
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> IEPL> Via an inexplicably circuitous route, I received your e-mail
> IEPL> denouncing message-borne viruses as being a load of balls. I would
> IEPL> dearly love to believe you, except for what happened to a colleague
> IEPL> of mine only a few days ago.
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> A virus cannot attach itself to an Internet email message and spread that
> way, period.
Unfortunately, while this used to be true it is no longer. There are now
"Word Macro Viruses" which do just that, however the particular e-mail
program would need to be able to read those macro commands for it to
work. Some of those programs do read macros.
>
> Viruses can attach themselves to files and those files can be mailed, but
> that is another issue entirely.
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