Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/22
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In a message dated 98-01-22 23:05:05 EST, you wrote:
<<
If I'm not mistaken, the only virus for a PC that was not some sort of
executable file was a MS Word macro, that only corrupted MS Word documents
when run within MS Word. This was also the only instance of a virus that
could infect both Wintels and Macs, because MS Word for both machines can
run the same macro. It did not do anything to your file structure or other
essential items on your computer, but is another good reason not to use MS
Word!
* Henning J. Wulff >>
Henning,
You are correct on all three counts: the MS Word macro virus is the only non-
executable-file virus, it affects only MS Word documents, and it is yet
another reason NOT to use MS Word.
Charlie