MSWord Viewer (was RE: Virus warning)

[Dennis R. Sherman]

> I know, I know, let this thread die - but you CAN occasionally get a 
> virus by reading mail - our whole department was infected with the
> Microsoft Word Concept Virus, which is a macro virus that can corrupt
> MS Word documents.  It can happen if you use a MIME-compliant e-mail
> program such as Eudora, and you receive an e-mail message with
> a virus-infected MS Word file included as an attachment.  Our dept. has
> had several MS Word files corrupted in this way.  Microsoft has a
> "disinfection" program somewhere on their web page.

The easiest way to avoid infection, IMHO, is to use the MS-Word 
viewer as your helper app for MSWord docs, instead of using your 
word processor.  If you want to save the file, *then* disinfect it.  

The Word Viewer is a free download, somewhere on the Microsoft site.  
I've had it long enough I don't recall exactly how I found it, but it 
wasn't too hard.
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  Dennis R. Sherman              Triangle Research Libraries Network
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