Re: GS and Virus

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <01bc7c49$b2cbf8a0$86265da6@default>,
Tim in Town <timf@rmi.net> wrote:
>Thanks, Gareth.  Re: viruses, I was concerned about downloading Mac files
>(w/HFS FST) and perhaps PC files; would a virus in such a file affect my
>GS?

   It'd have to be extraordinarily well-written to have a snowball's
chance in hell of hurting your system. Far more likely is that if it
attaches itself to a .shk file, it'll just make the .shk unreadable;
.bsq decoders would probably just munch over any virus and treat them
as extraneous noise to be discarded.

   Of course, this doesn't cover mental viruses like the "good times"
email virus hoax (one of many), chain letters, pyramid scams or a
whole host of self-perpetuating emails. Having an IQ (real, not
fictitious) better than room temperature will solve most of these
problems for you.

Nathan Mates

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