Virus warning

[Sarah Nesbeitt, Maxwell Library]

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.

However, this is NOT what the poster referred to, and you're right that
it's a hoax, but some viruses (like macro viruses) can be spread through
e-mail.

Sarah Nesbeitt
Reference Librarian (and general web person)
Maxwell Library, Bridgewater State College
snesbeitt at bridgew.edu 

--------forwarded message
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 07:38:44 -0800
From: csymington at lakehd.lhbe.edu.on.ca (A.K.A. Craig Symington,
      Programmer/Analyst)

Hi Everyone,

THIS IS A HOAX!!!!!!  AGAIN!!!!

Please don't forward this on.  You CAN NOT get a virus from reading mail.
You MUST run an excutable to get a virus.  Mail is just plain text and
cannot be executed.

[snip]

Craig.
Programmer/Analyst
Lakehead Board of Education.