Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!iggy.GW.Vitalink.COM!widener!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: pandy@vipunen.hut.fi (Pandy Holmberg) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Re: Am I subject to viruses? Message-ID: <0006.9104101917.AA00785@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 10 Apr 91 20:57:47 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 27 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu pcsbbs!fff@uunet.uu.net writes: I know that this is the kind of question that only a novice would ask. Well, I am a *rank* novice in Usenet, UUCP, and telecommunications in general. Please bear with me. The question is: If I connect to a site where I always initiate the call, only exchange email and receive netnews, am I subject to receiving a virus. My modem is never left on and the port is not enabled for a login. The answer is NO. As long as you just use your computer as a terminal. As soon as you start downloading files, the danger appears... And how to protect yourself against viruses, well, my friend, I wouldn't know, since I do not know what kind of computer you use... Tsaukki says Pandy -- "All things are possible except skiing through a revolving door." ******************************************************************************* /! ! Andreas "Pandy" Holmberg pandy@hut.fi /_!_! Helsinki University of Technology pandy@spiff.hut.fi / ! ! Faculty of Electrical Engineering pandy@otax.hut.fi / ! ! s37775d@taltta.hut.fi *******************************************************************************