Stan Brown wrote:
>
> The file type was RTF. Unless I'm _VERY_ much mistaken, RTF cannot
> carry macros of any sort, let alone viruses.
> Oops, there is one loophole:
Yes, a loophole. In fact, one can embed a destructive program in a
pure ASCII file that can affect some machines. (Hint: it is
possible to reprogram keyboards under some circumstances with the
proper ASCII strings.) There aren't too many people whose machines
are set up that way, so most virus writers don't bother.
One doesn't get RTFs through web browsers too often. I wonder how
many users know how their browser is set up to handle them. When I
saw the link, I wasn't sure in my own case.
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