Murli, I believe this particular virus is "self-launching". Once it is your computer, it will attach itself to email messages that you send out. I don't believe Audry "sent" it to the list - it sent itself.
Dave -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Murli Sent: Thursday, October 07, 1999 10:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Attachments, viruses, and lists Fortunately, my virus program was able to recognize and neuter Happy99 -- this is the about the 5th time that that darn virus has struck my machine this year. As a general rule, it would be wise not to send attachments to a list, given the potential to proliferate a virus. It would be better to store the file on a webserver, and have people download as needed. Since there are many folks on this list with websites, someone could volunteer to archive (and catalog) such documents as might be of interest to LISTies. Murli
