Take that, all you naysayers out there!
 
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>Date: Mon, 5 Dec 1994 11:11:36 -0500
>From: Joan Korenman <[log in to unmask]>
 
>        I've always been told that viruses are not transmitted via email
>messages but rather through executable files that one downloads via ftp or
>transfers from a floppy disk.  Is that incorrect?  Can a normal text
>message communicate a virus via email?
 
One of the most common ways to transfer a file within AOL is to
attach it to a mail message.  This works for binary files as
well.  When you read the message, it prompts you to download the
attached file.  I bet there are a lot of people on AOL with a
wiped hard drive...
 
 
 
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