See http://www.zdnet.com/tlkbck/comment/22/0,7056,88759-421762,00.html to
support my assertions.
- Marc
On Thu, 4 May 2000, Jerry Eckert wrote:
Marc Evans wrote:
I beg to differ, but this is hadly the forum. The VB file attached is
immediately executed upon retrieval from the POP box.
explicitly mention clicking on the attachment.
Jerry
-Original Message-
From: Marc Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 7:22 AM
To: Jerry Eckert
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Today's reason not to run Windows
See http://www.zdnet.com/tlkbck/comment/22
Tom Rauschenbach wrote:
Did anybody actually get this thing ? I got 14 warnings about it, the NPR news
is full of it. I don't have it and I want to see it!
As it happens, yes. I received three copies of it. I don't run Outlook, of course.
BUT...
At work (my client's site, which is
I never got the damn virus. Could somebody send me a copy ?
TIA
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Ok, stop laughing..
A properly secured NT box would have been just as safe as a Linux user
opening a like *EXECUTABLE*.
- Original Message -
From: Tom Rauschenbach [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 5:31 PM
Subject: Today's reason not to run
On Thu, 4 May 2000, Thomas Charron wrote:
You know, all of this bashing on why Outlook does this and that, not one
has mentioned that *IT'S the DUMMIES WHO RAN IT*'s fault. It didn't run
itself. Someone had to open it.. This is a question of intelligence, which
has *NOTHING* do with
On Thu, 4 May 2000, Thomas Charron wrote:
You know, all of this bashing on why Outlook does this and that, not
one
has mentioned that *IT'S the DUMMIES WHO RAN IT*'s fault. It didn't run
itself. Someone had to open it.. This is a question of intelligence,
which
has *NOTHING* do with
Marc Evans wrote:
I wish this were true, but it sadly is not. The MS Outlook program has a
"feature" which previews messages. Anyone who has that feature turned on,
which I believe it is by default, would become infected simply by
retrieving messages from theie pop/imap/whatever box.
The
Folks,
I changed the subject line for a reason. I use (and bash whenever possible)
Outlook at work and Linux and kmail at home. Both of which are not germane to
this thread.
Did anybody actually get this thing ? I got 14 warnings about it, the NPR news
is full of it. I don't have it and
Marc Evans wrote:
I beg to differ, but this is hadly the forum. The VB file attached is
immediately executed upon retrieval from the POP box. The user does not
have to open the message in any fashion, if the preview feature is
enabled.
Why is it that none of the information releases from the
Here I am, looking in preview mode, without a thing.. Funny that.. :-P
- Original Message -
From: Kurth Bemis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Tom Rauschenbach [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 10:37 PM
Subject: Re: Today's reason not to run Windows
At 07:17
Today, Thomas Charron gleaned this insight:
Here I am, looking in preview mode, without a thing.. Funny that.. :-P
Are you sure? Check Kenny Lussier's message about how to detect it. See
if it compromised your system or not...
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