Virus Warning (fwd)

[Johanna Rubba]

On Wed, 30 Apr 1997, Jon Aske wrote:

> This virus warning is for real.  Note however that some versions of it are
> yet another virus hoax.  For more information, follow this link to
> Symantec's Antivirus Research Center's web page.
>
> http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/index.html
>
> ----------------------------------------
> Jon Aske
> jaske at abacus.bates.edu
> http://www.bates.edu/~jaske/
>

This warning circulated in our department already. One of our profs sent
a note around reminding us that viruses can't get into your system when
you read an e-mail message; only when you DOWNLOAD software. This is what
I have consistently heard about viruses. Has anything changed to make
this invalid?


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