Re: [Fwd: urgent message]

[ChuckKuecker <ckuecker@mcs.net>]

At 08:22 8/21/97 -0400, you wrote:
<snipped 'warning' message...>
>
There is no known way for EMAIL to infect a computer with any virus. You
need to RUN A PROGRAM that you download. Reading any email with a normal
reader program will NOT transmit a virus.

Emails with attached files CAN transmit trouble if the attached file is an
executable, and you run it. This is why most Net browsers will prompt you
for a go-ahaead before launching attached files.

One exception is Microsoft Word files, which can include 'macro viruses'
that foul up Word when you load the file, but even these can not 'erase the
hard drive' - they just foul up Word files after the infected file is loaded.

I think these 'alerts' are just a form of chain letter! Waste of bandwidth...

Chuck Kuecker

ckuecker@mcs.net

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