In article <[log in to unmask]>, Ross Weeks
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>I hope this doesn't happen when it's not necessary.  Not everyone can
>convert the file into something legible.  In my hard drive, it now occupies
>34 pages, most of the content being programming language.  As best I can
>tell, it's just a job posting probably no more than a few paragraphs long,
>and if so, it could have been put online as a letter with just a couple
>more twiddles of the keyboard by its sender.
>Ross Weeks

Remember that Word, Excel, WordPro and 123 files (for example) can
contain macro viruses. Written in the programs macro language, these
infect your computer when the file is opened. We recently had an
outbreak, which was irritating but not harmful.

If you don't open the file, you don't get infected. Best of all, if you
do post files in your email, or download files from other people, try to
make sure they are ASCII or RTF - these cannot contain macro viruses.

I am not commenting on the person who sent the file - just passing on
some experience!

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