Re: RE: It's back..... happy99.exe worm

["Duncan Fletcher" <dfletche@gte.net>]

For a word document to transmit a virus, the file has to be opened by Word.
The virus is in a macro instruction in the document and must be executed by
Word. Downloading the document will not transmit the virus. The mere act of
downloading anything cannot transmit the virus. But it is possible to set up
a computer to both download and open in which case the act of opening will
transmit the virus.

-----Original Message-----
From: Tivers@aol.com <Tivers@aol.com>

><< Steph, are you referring to just opening a MS Word document or
downloading
>it?
> I've received two posts in the past week (one today) from Microsoft
offering
> numerous sources of info on how to operate their products.  I was
wondering
>if
> this was part of the Melissa virus.  Info on the Internet indicates that
one
> has to DOWNLOAD a file before it does damage.
>
> Barbara >>
>
>I think that is the case--downloading a document.
>
>ti




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