On Tue, 10 Jul 2001 19:42:12 +0200 (CEST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Menedetter)
wrote:
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> SH> I have heard that windozers can get infected simply by opening the
> SH> email message and reading it, but I don't believe it.
> do believe ir
> SH> The basic message part is only ascii text.
> have you heared of HTML ?? <bg>
> SH> According to my understanding, you cannot run a virus simply by
> SH> reading an ascii text file,
> this is correct
> but your assumptions are not correct.
> If outlook gets a mail which contains text and html, guess what outlook
> displays.
> if you answered text than you are terribly wrong !
> and this html file can include images, active-x applets, VBScript scripts
> ....
> Together with the myriades of security holes in outlook this is a VERY
> deadly situation !
Do you mean to say that a message containing HTML will be automagically
displayed in your browser if you open the message with Outlook? Outlook
will do this without even asking, and without even offering an ikon which
you may might want to decline to click on? Is Outlook really that bad?
Sam Heywood
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