> Roger Turk wrote:
>>
>> Howard E. wrote:
>>
>> . > I renamed them to search.exe and humor.exe, but of course all I .
>> > get is "This program cannot be run in DOS mode".
>
> That's interesting. I'm sure DOS doesn't supply that message.
>
> I've assumed those messages were always in the body of the program, and
> have SEEN them when viewing the programs with browse.
>
> This means that not only is Outlook Express as wide open as the barn
> door, even someone that really doesn't know how to write a program by
> themselves (i.e. without the use of supplied libraries) can make a
> worm.
>
> My opinion of the technical abilities of these exploiters and virus
> writers in general has just taken a big hit. <g>
>
If I remember correctly, these worms only exist as clever macro's (visual
basic scripts, similar to the M$office-specific ones) and maybe that's
where this message comes in.
Bart
