[X-Apps] e-mail Virus "WORM" in Mail.app

[Florin Alexander Neumann]

On Saturday, May 24, 2003, at 13:09 Canada/Eastern, human being wrote:

> it is hard
>  to explain what happens when odd things happen in the OS.

That is certainly true, but it has nothing to do with viruses. 
Increasing complexity and decreasing size, plus reduced profit margins 
leading to cuts in quality control in both software and hardware, are 
more than enough to account for 'odd things' happening.
In your particular instance, there's no reason whatever to suspect a 
virus.

> i wonder even if the windows virus may not be able
>  to execute its code, it could still cause problems in attempting
>  to execute its instructions on the machine

If it can't "execute its code", how could it attempt "to execute its 
instructions"? Follow your own logic!

Bottom line is this: the day to start worrying about PC viruses is the 
day you can run PC apps on your Mac.

(Note that macro viruses are not PC-specific, so you should worry about 
those if you're using Microsoft apps.)

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