In a message dated 11/09/2000 5:34:44 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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> m.  I needn't have worried.
>  Fortunately, when I got my computer, I got a quality machine that doesn't
> have
>  this defect.  It turns out that only computers that have a serious fault
in
> the
>  software are capable of being infected by one of these viruses, what the
>  technical boys referred to as 'junker' pc's

From what I know, this is not at all true.  There is no "defect" necessary to
get infected by viruses.   I think you should spend some time using a search
engine to look at the MANY sites available to explain viruses and worms, etc.
so you won't have to ask people whose motives are really clear here ... there
is no "quality" issue involved that I have ever heard of!