Re: fw:"Good Times" Computer Virus: No panic

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From: woodall
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 00:00

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At 07:17 AM 4/24/95-0700,
Bart_Corsaro_at_USLRMG01@internetmail.pr.cyanamid.com wrote:
>
>VIRUS ALERT:  FOR ALL INTERNET USERS.
>

Don't panic: there's no way a computer virus can be sent by e-mail.  Viruses
can only travel in programs, not data, and e-mail is data.

[If you are downloading programs from the net, that's a different matter.]
Jack
--
Jack Woodall, ProMED List Moderator, NY State Dept. of Health, Albany NY
e-mail: woodall@wadsworth.org

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Subject: Re: fw:"Good Times" Computer Virus: No panic
Date: 1995/04/24
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