tip for virus prevention

[Judy Doherty]

Steve
My dad's response is that the viewers do not execute any macros.
At 11:18 PM 04/09/2000 -0400, you wrote:

>Hi Judy and All,

>

>Interesting post and theory on "virus prevention".  As a dietitian and 

>computer techie, I'd like to find out more about your dad's rationale, 

>though, Judy, before I can buy into it.  Whether it is opened by a 

>"viewer" or the full software program, the file is still opened, and to my 

>knowledge, opening the file is what unleashes the virus.  If your dad has 

>more detail to support this theory, I'd love to hear from him.  News like 

>this would put the antivirus companies out of business pretty quickly if 

>it were correct.


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