Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 19:22:40 -0500 (EST) From: behind brown eyes <benji@haven.boston.ma.us> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Old virus hoax was NEW VIRUS Message-ID: <199712210022.TAA22707@flash-gordon.haven.boston.ma.us> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.96.971220132101.12303B-100000@mamba.cs.Virginia.EDU> from "Adrian T. Filipi-Martin" at Dec 20, 97 01:24:44 pm
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According to Adrian T. Filipi-Martin: > I used to view email viruses, like the Good Times Virus, as an > ammusing joke. After all, what could email/plain text do? Well, then > Microsoft created the ability to email word documents with Word macros > that are run when you open it. Oh the horror! MS realized the email > virus! If it's a bad idea, we can count on MS to be the first to bring it > to us. > I don't think Netscape, with their HTMLized, JavaScript enhanced e-mail is any better, either. benji -- Benjamin R. Cline Large Furry Mammal benji@haven.boston.ma.us "I'm more than ever of the opinion that a decent human existence is possible today only on the fringes of society." -- Hannah Arendt
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