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To: Gottfried who wrote (1505)1/13/1998 5:56:00 PM
From: Bill Ulrich  Read Replies (1) of 1894
 
GM, that's mostly true. In addition, there are some macro viruses that can be contained in Word/Excel files. Viruses typically aren't found in documents, but Word and Excel macros can contain virus code--or more accurately, the virus code can be written to appear as a macro contained in these docs (I think I got that right). Anyway, read about it here:

anet.cz

"MACRO:Word-Nuclear" looks particularly bad.

-MrB
Microsoft Products: secure as a leaky ship in the Arctic icefields during a nuclear holocaust.
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