On 22 Apr 01 at 12:44, Ken Lin wrote:
>
> > In direct reply to my posting regarding softboxes
> > I received two messages by J.Gense <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > with a trojan and a program call attached trying to
> > damage my data.
> >
> > Had I used Outlook, my data would have been history.
>
> Thanks for the heads-up, I am sure we all appreciated it.
>
> Did the virus require you to actually click an attached file in order for it
> to have any effect? i.e. had it pass the virus detection software, would it
> automatically start damaging the data on the hard drive without any further
> (unfortunate) user input?
In that case the actual virus is your email-software itself.
If my test results in the same virus (he might have solved it by now,
and struggling to get the virus out of his PC), I will uns_ubscribe the
offending account, but anyone with the above-suggested
auto-executing software is sitting on a ticking bomb, and should
take this as a strong last warning....
Also note that this virus is distributed outside of this
list....Majordomo has several filters to prevent distribution of a
virus through the mailinglist itself....but it can't prevent
individual members bouncing back messages with a virus to the
original sender of course.....
--
Bye,
Willem-Jan Markerink
The desire to understand
is sometimes far less intelligent than
the inability to understand
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[note: 'a-one' & 'en-el'!]
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