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>Dear Marjorie, and all. > >Well, _I_ wouldn't feel safe from the "Hare virus" (if it exists) just >because I avoid certain types of Web sites. We all need to check for >viruses, always. That's the only way we can feel safe, I'm sorry to say. > >Best, David >______ > >On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, marjorie moorefield >wrote: > >> > David: >> > >> > Thanks for the information. I suspected it was a false alarm >> > but one never knows. I was alerted to the HARE Virus which >> > was attached to executable programs that could be downloaded >> > and was supposed to wipe out a system disk on August 22 and >> > September 22. >> > >> > >> > Again, thanks for the update and relieving some of our >> > anxieties. >> > >> > Jack......... >> > >> >*********************************************************** >> > >> >E. Jack Savely CG for Jeannette 57/19+ Topeka, KS >> >[log in to unmask] >> >*********************************************************** >> >> >> I wish I had kept the article in the Miami Herald about the Hare virus. >> According to them it only happens to downloaded files from .alt.sex, >> .alt.crack,.alt.crackers & it can't happen to email. I'll see if I can find >> the old newspaper. >> Most of us don't have anything to worry about!!!! >> >> >> -- >> Internet Communications of America, Inc. >> > Jack, I did, indeed, find the Miami Herald Article & tried 3 X's to send it to the listserv but they all bounced back. That was irritating after I had to sit here & hand copy the article. According to that article, which BTW was from New York Times Service & picked up from San Francisco. Says that "In the last year a new & annoying type of virus has become widespread. This virus attaches itself to word processing documents created by versions 6 o7 of the Microsoft Word program. " It goes one to say that "These are the ones that are really widespread & really causing problems! YIKES!!!!!!! As ever, Marjorie (I refuse to re-type that whole article again) Blessings to all , Marjorie L. Moorefield-- Internet Communications of America, Inc.