Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc:20352 comp.lang.misc:2004 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!pyrnj!pyrdc!uunet!mcvax!ukc!stl!stc!praxis!hilbert!mct From: mct@praxis.co.uk (Martyn Thomas) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Programming Summary: Downloading executable files is dangerous Keywords: Viruses Message-ID: <3200@newton.praxis.co.uk> Date: 17 Oct 88 09:42:31 GMT References: <339@mozart.UUCP> <850@etive.ed.ac.uk> Sender: news@praxis.co.uk Reply-To: mct@praxis.co.uk (Martyn Thomas) Organization: Praxis Systems plc, Bath, UK Lines: 8 CAUTION: downloading executable files is DANGEROUS. This is how viruses spread. (I have no reason not to trust the company promoting SPL - more to the point, I have no reason to TRUST them, either). Martyn Thomas, Praxis plc, 20 Manvers Street, Bath BA1 1PX UK. Tel: +44-225-444700. Email: ...!uunet!mcvax!ukc!praxis!mct