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Subject:Re: Snow white nightmare
From:Ron Lussier
Date:Sat, 6 Jan 2001 09:12:44 -0800

>Ron, am I right in my thinking that it's the attached file that is the home of
>the worm? It's not embedded in the text body of the message some way is it?
>
>It came across my computer and I deleted immediately. But sure left me feeling
>insecure!

In almost all cases, unless you open the attachment, you can't be
infected.  (Some early versions of Microsoft software would actually
run attachments even though they weren't opened, but that's been
fixed in the current patches.)

Make sure your Microsoft software has the latest security patches.
Go to http://www.microsoft.com/office/downloads.htm

Coyote
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