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From: fjo@ttrdf.UUCP (Frank Owen )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Virus on the Mac?
Message-ID: <340@ttrdf.UUCP>
Date: 10 Mar 88 20:45:05 GMT
References: <1056@hubcap.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T, Skokie, IL
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> Was this a freak accident or are there virus programs out there which
> attack macs?  

There are many known viruses for PCs. Is your Mac
located near a PC? A PC virus could possibly be 
carried out of the PC through it's exhaust fan and 
then infect your Mac!

Actually, the chances of this happening are pretty
slim, because even if the virus somehow found it's
way out of the PC (these viruses can be pretty tricky
little fellows), it would have to go through some
sort of genetic transformation in order to infect
such a radically different species as the Mac.


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Frank Owen (fjo@ttrde)  312-982-2182
AT&T Information Systems
Computer Systems Division, 5555 Touhy Ave., Skokie, IL  60077
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