Virus warning

[Ronnie Morgan]

** Reply to note from "Sarah Nesbeitt, Maxwell Library" <snesbeitt at topcat.bridgew.edu> Fri, 31 Jan 1997 10:46:34 -0800 
 
 
> 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. 
 
That's true.  ANY virus can be spread via email when the program it has 
infected is transferred via MIME encoding (or uuencode).  But even then, 
just reading the email won't cause you to get infected.  You have to 
decode the program and execute it before you actually get infected. 
 
I don't mean to be inconsiderate, or anything, but people really need to 
think about what they are passing on before they forward it to a group of 
people or a listserv.  People also need to learn that just because it's 
on the Internet, it does not mean that it's true... 
 
"Now back to your regularly scheduled listserv..." 


Ronnie Morgan 
Team OS/2 
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