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Re: Virus?

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Subject: Re: Virus?
From: Eric Woehler <>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 16:51:46 +1100
>How can you send a virus via email unless you are sending someone
>software? An email message cannot contain a virus, only games and
>downloaded software contain such things, or I am I wrong? There are
>frequent bogus virus alarms on the net.

the macro viruses in MS Word and Excel are in documents, not in executable
code. Also they can jump from Mac <> PC !!

The apology WAS infected, and it is clear that both Mac and PCs were
affected !!

cheers
Eric



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