Date:         Fri, 24 May 1996 18:21:11 +0100
Reply-To:     John Whittington <johnw@MAG-NET.CO.UK>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         John Whittington <johnw@MAG-NET.CO.UK>
Subject:      Re: WINWORD.CONCEPT VIRUS: RESASSTA, REWHYCAN . My experienc
Comments: To: TWB2%Rates%FAR@GO50.COMP.PGE.COM

On Thu, 23 May 1996, TWB2%Rates%FAR@GO50.COMP.PGE.COM wrote (in part):
 
>That message went out to many people, and most of them received it as plain
>ASCII text (which CANNOT contain the Concept macro).
 
Tim, the fact that it was transmitted as plain ASCII text obviously does not
mean that it could not be UUDECODEd (perhaps automatically, by mailer
software) into a WinWord file (which obviously could contain any WinWord
virus) or, come to that, any sort of executable which could contain any sort
of virus.
 
John
 
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