Re: (>H) META-ish: Virus warning

Sarah Marr (sarah.marr@dial.pipex.com)
Fri, 01 Nov 1996 18:53:31 +0000

At 14:27 31/10/96 +0000, James Rogers wrote:
>Looks like a recycle of the "Good Times" hoax. You can't get a virus
>by reading your mail, even if there is a virus attached. The
>technology doesn't work that way.

Mmmm. I suspected it might be and I, too, couldn't see a way in which a
self-executable file could be run simply by reading an email.

Still, better safe than sorry :-)

Sarah

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