Martin,
This one replaced the sig file. My understanding is that is one of the ways
a "worm" is different from a virus.
Nate
----- Original Message -----
From: Martin Ryder <mryder@carbon.cudenver.edu>
To: <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2000 8:27 PM
Subject: Re: worms
> I am open to technical correction on this, but I don't believe
> that anyone can catch a virus simply bye "checking" the textual
> contributions to xmca or any other mail messages. Text objects
> are incapable of incubating a virus. Where the viruses lurk are
> in the so-called "attachments", those objects that ride on the
> heels of the text message and beg to be opened by an innocent
> click of the mouse. Whether the attachment comes from somene
> in this list, or from a long lost childhood friend, or from
> your own mother, DON'T open it unless you have a pretty good
> idea what it is. Opening unknown attachments is the mechanism
> by which computers catch viruses in this electronic jungle called
> email.
>
> Martin R.
>
>
> On 24 Jun 2000, Judy Diamondstone wrote:
>
> > I've gotten the virus twice, the last time from opening Paul D's email.
> > I will not be checking xmca for a while :-\
> >
> > Judy
> >
> >
> > Judith Diamondstone (732) 932-7496 Ext. 352
> > Graduate School of Education
> > Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
> > 10 Seminary Place
> > New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1183
> >
> >
> >
________________________________________________________
1stUp.com - Free the Web
Get your free Internet access at http://www.1stUp.com
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Sat Jul 01 2000 - 01:00:41 PDT