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From:
Ben Coffer
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Date:
Fri, 12 Sep 1997 20:18:33 +0100
Subject:
Re: (idm) FW: Virus Warning...If you have not seen]
Msg-Id:
<7hU1pCAJWZG0EwNX@hybridgame.demon.co.uk>
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<970912122816_501871176@emout12.mail.aol.com>
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In message <970912122816_501871176@emout12.mail.aol.com>, ReZOn8oR@aol.com writes
quoted 5 lines In a message dated 97-09-11 19:02:58 EDT, you write:>In a message dated 97-09-11 19:02:58 EDT, you write: >Actually, my roommate is big on this sorta shite, and he says that they're >starting to come up w/viruses that can activate as soon as you read the >mail....probably nothing to worry about for a while, but some food for >thought
I'm so certain that it just can't happen, any program transmitted thru mail is encoded into MIME (or UUEncode) format, which is completely unrecognisable to the computer itself. The computer needs straight up machine codes to perform any actions...anyway, this is getting too techy/geeky for this list :) -- Ben Coffer Hybrid Productions http://www.hybridgame.demon.co.uk/