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Smile, You're On UseNet (6/19/98)
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Wheeee, the popularity of Microsoft Word macro viruses continues unabated. Data Fellows has reported a new one, which-- get this-- actually posts a user's Word documents to various internet newsgroups. Imagine your personal journal winding up on alt.sex.stories, or your résumé being posted to alt.drugs.pot.

The good news is this: right now, the existing virus does its nastiness by posting via Forte, a popular Windows newsreader. Mac users therefore need not be particularly alarmed right this second. Of course, we wouldn't be surprised if someone were to create a variation that does the same thing on Macs, by controlling Newswatcher or whatever, so if you use Word 6 or higher, be careful.

By the way, if you're using a Power Mac, you should be worried about the AutoStart Worm virus right now, which continues to spread depite mass warnings and a plethora of tools to help people avoid infection. Do yourself (and the rest of the Mac-using world) a favor-- disable the AutoStart feature in your Quicktime Settings control panel, and read up on the virus at sites like MacFixit and MacInTouch. Better safe than sorry.

 
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The above scene was taken from the 6/19/98 episode:

June 19, 1998: Rumor has it that the iMac may be 56K in all its cuteness after all, thanks to the flexibility of software modems. Meanwhile, what happens to Apple after the IBM and Motorola divorce? And yet another Microsoft macro virus surfaces, and this one is nasty...

Other scenes from that episode:

  • 788: More Modem Madness (6/19/98)   You know, the only thing kicking up more debate than the iMac's lack of a floppy drive is its inclusion of a 33.6 Kbps modem. Since the "i" in iMac reportedly stands for "Internet" and Apple is strongly targeting the cute blue lump at computerless homes who want Internet access, why stack the deck against themselves by including only a 33.6 modem when the rest of the world is going 56K?...

  • 789: PowerPC Divergence (6/19/98)   With the recent split between IBM and Motorola regarding their PowerPC development plans, several AtAT viewers are understandably concerned about the future of the PowerPC from a Macintosh standpoint...

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