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From:
Ross Vitale
To:
Date:
Wed, 7 Feb 1996 12:45:19 -0500 (EST)
Subject:
Re: (idm) Computer Viruses.
Msg-Id:
<Pine.LNX.3.91.960207123910.5459D-100000@phoenix.marymount.edu>
In-Reply-To:
<199602071717.JAA13618@taz.hyperreal.com>
Mbox:
idm.9602.gz
On Wed, 7 Feb 1996, Matthew Heap wrote:
quoted 4 lines First of All:> First of All: > The virus is sent through E-Mail. The only way to find this virus is if the > 'subject' of the message is 'Check This'. If you find a message with 'Check > This' as its subject DELETE IT STRAIGHT AWAY!
I find this hard to believe. This is exactly what happened with the Good Times virus and everyone freaked out. Files sent via the 'net are not executable, being that they are almost always converted to text when they are sent(ie binhex, uuencode, etc.). The attached file would first have to be saved to your harddrive, then converted to binary and then executed. And have a nice day ;)