Re: [Fwd: List of Known Macro Viruses: May 1997]

[Harmon Seaver hseaver@xxxxxxxx]

Thus spoke the queen of pomposity:

>     "CIAC still affirms that reading E-mail, using typical mail
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

   Right, "typical" mail agents aren't affected, only MS-Mail, and,
apparantly, ccmail more recently. Plus, of course, MS-Word and MS-Excel.

>
> I'll take CIAC as an authoritative source any day over pompous
> pontificating from self-appointed experts.

  Dear Me!

> Enough hysteria. What kind of enemies do you have, anyway, who would
> send you such vile bombs?

  Most people I know that send them do it as mass-mailings, spam, etc.
Nobody would bother sending me one purposely, since they couldn't
possibly work here. Download yourself a viri processor and join the fun!


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