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To: Gottfried who wrote (1505)	1/13/1998 5:55:00 PM
From: Herb Fuller	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1894

Gottfried , I had downloaded a number of excutable programs during that period of time . I have also heard that you can send them thru the e-mail . Below is a web page that will tell you that most viruses are nothing but hoaxes . I will never know what messed my machine up . I do know that I had it backed up and I had it back in shape in a couple of hours . Internet Hoaxes ciac.llnl.gov Herb

To: Gottfried who wrote (1505)	1/13/1998 5:56:00 PM
From: Bill Ulrich	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to 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.