[X Newbies] Viruses on X

[Florin Alexander Neumann]

On Thursday, Jul 31, 2003, at 12:09 Canada/Eastern, Steven Rogers wrote:

> some of the Outlook-based viruses might cross over if you were reading 
> mail using that Outlook (e.g. LookOut!) clone for the Mac.

No. On the Mac, Outlook uses a different approach, so it's not 
susceptible to e-mail viruses or worms. However, Word and Excel Mac are 
susceptible to macro viruses (which are not specifically PC viruses). A 
first line of defence is to leave the "Macro Virus Protection" option 
on in Preferences. If you work in an environment where you frequently 
exchange Office documents with PC users, you should invest in an 
antivirus tool and keep it updated.

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