This is how file viruses spreads between machines. If you follow the guidelines above, you will avoid infection with bootsector and file viruses. But the most recent problems have been with Word viruses. If there are, a message will pop up on the screen to tell you, and unless you have explicitly created the macros yourself, it is likely that your document is infected. Again, it is possible that your document is affected.
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This software is installed on all of the PCs in B4. If you have used your disk in other computers you should alert the owners of these machines that they too might be infected. Files saved in your Selwyn filespace are all checked by the Computer Manager every week automatically, so any viruses found there may be cleared without your knowing about it. Summary Viruses are common, especially in the University environment where people transfer data and programs to and from computers within Cambridge and across the globe. The various Word Macro Viruses are particularly common.