No flame of any kind intended, but I disagree with the thought that it is
more annoying to get missives about potential viruses than to have your
hard drive crash.  As a veteran of both, I'd rather read about the viruses!
 
Thanks for your info.
 
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On Tue, 6 Dec 1994, Mary Christine Devinney wrote:
 
> My husband is a programer for AOL (Mac stuff not the mail stuff) and when I
> asked him about the virus warnings he sent me this post from another AOL
> programmer (who does the mail stuff), hope this helps clear things up and
> puts this warning to rest.
>
> Chrissie Devinney
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>
> Posted on: America Online (using MAC 2.5.1)
> `
> `F: Reading a message called "Good Times" on AOL will format your hard
> `       drive.
> `T: It is possible to send someone an executable file on AOL (or any
> `       service that supports file attachments) that does bad things if
> `       the user downloads and runs it.
> `T: Receiving multiple chain-letter warnings about a virus is MORE annoying
> `       than having your hard drive trashed.
> `