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To: Herb Fuller who wrote (1506)1/13/1998 6:02:00 PM
From: Bill Ulrich  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1894
 
Herb to clarify, they can be sent through email as an attachment, but that in itself doesn't activate the virus. An email itself cannot be infected. Likewise, if you receive an infected file via email, it can't do anything as long as you leave it alone i.e. don't open, activate, or attempt to use until you've run a virus scan.

-MrB



To: Herb Fuller who wrote (1506)1/13/1998 6:11:00 PM
From: Gottfried  Respond to of 1894
 
Herb, I back up the whole 1GB of files from HD to tape. It would take
longer than 2 hours to restore. But that's OK.

GM



To: Herb Fuller who wrote (1506)1/16/1998 12:28:00 PM
From: Fridrik Skulason  Respond to of 1894
 
> Below is a web page that will tell you that most viruses are nothing but hoaxes .

Uh, no...that's not at all what the web page says. It lists some of the more common hoaxes that are floating around the Net, but there are over 18.000 real viruses "out there" as well..


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