From: robert AT ais DOT net ("Robert Morrison")
Subject: Re: McAfee VirusScan
20 Jun 1997 13:53:43 -0700
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On 19 Jun 97 at 23:33, James Paul Morgan wrote:

> whatever, it's just a macro that is automatically run when you load MS
> Word and can only manipulate within the confines of Word?  

Don't think that makes you safe; WordBasic includes a function
that allows you to get directories (FileFind); you can then open
any file for writing, thus truncating it. WordBasic can also
get a list of other apps running, and talk to them via DDE.
And I'm sure there are plenty of other ways a clever person 
could use WordBasic to cause you pain.

> your statement doesn't
> counter the statement that there are no Windows NT viruses.
Even if that statement were true, it doesn't mean that there
won't be any tomorrow.

Yours safely,
Robert
 
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