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Re: Virus

Posted by Computer Consultant on 1999-03-31

basically what I'm saying.  I would never execute a binary sent to me.  But
I was
saying one could write one for linux.  I was just wondering why a reply was
even
nessecary.  It's like someone asking a MAC question and me replying "If you
use windows
you don't have to answer that question"



At 01:14 AM 4/1/99 +0200, you wrote:
>Computer Consultant wrote:
>> Frank: I can write a binary for linux and email it out to everyone, it's
>> not a virus,
>> it's basically a script.  One could easily be written to do the same thing.
>
>I wasn't claiming to be some virus geek or anything. But I had heard
>that the Melissa virus was a Word97 macro virus. I could really care
>less anyway I never use Office97 anyway, and since I don't have it and I
>run Linux then I guess it would be pretty hard for a Word macro virus to
>screw my computer up. 
>
>And on the Linux binary I would never execute any binary sent to me
>anyway. 
>
>-- 
>From:      Frank Hale
>Email:     frankhale@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xxx   
>ICQ:       7205161         
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