In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Marcel Kilgus
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>Malcolm Cadman wrote: 
>>>Why does everybody get viruses except me? This is really unfair!
>> Now ... now :-) ... be careful ... there are some clever originators
>> around, yet, fortuneately the common ones are relatively trivial.
>
>Usually the infection has to be done manually by the user. At least
>with my mailer (The bat!) there is no other way to execute code. So no
>danger there.

Agreed, yet it doesn't mean that will always be the case.

>> Don't wish a disaster on your self.
>
>I have disassembled and analyzed several viruses and also wrote
>specific anti virus software in my past, I think I could handle it ;-)

I don't doubt your skills, and I hope you remain virus free :-)

>But I also think it's better to stop the discussion at this point,
>it's way off topic.

On topic, as those hit by a virus can be infected via the newsgroup, and
are taken off the newsgroup for a while.  Or may even put some off
contributing again :-(

-- 
Malcolm Cadman

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