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Subject:MS-Word prank virus From:Stan Brown <stbrown -at- NACS -dot- NET> Date:Wed, 25 Oct 1995 09:30:01 -0400
Robin Lewis asked in TECHWR-L digest about countermeasures for the
"prank" virus infecting MS-Word templates and documents. I've replied
directly, but I thought a brief mention might be of interest to TECHWR-L.
The latest revision of the F-PROT virus program was announced last week
on the MSDOS-Ann mailing list. This program is free of charge for
noncommercial use. The URL is