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From: sci240s@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (mr  w.j. ho)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Virus Warning!
Message-ID: <1990Dec16.220531.2102@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
Date: 16 Dec 90 22:05:31 GMT
References: <0bOTTmi00VovEAX0ct@andrew.cmu.edu>
Organization: Caulfield Campus, Monash University, Melb., Australia.
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hp0p+@andrew.cmu.edu (Hokkun Pang) writes:

Yes! But I can't confirm if they can be activated. Some experiences are with
Jerusalem virus in XTree Gold files.

>pardon my ignorance, but is it possible that computer virus can be implanted
>into non exe/com files? I have been checking all my incoming *.exe and *.com
>files. I wonder if I should have been checking files of other formats too?
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