Re: (>H) META-ish: Virus warning
Ian Goddard (igoddard@erols.com)
Fri, 01 Nov 1996 04:48:29 -0500
At 02:27 PM 10/31/96 +0000, jamesr@best.com wrote:
> You can't get a virus by reading your mail, even if there
> is a virus attached. The technology doesn't work that way.
IAN: What about a file attached to an email ? These files are loaded
onto my hardrive like any file, and a virus, as I understand, is basicaly
an exe file. As far as I can see, one of those attached files can be an
exe virus file. How is this not so?
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