There have been several viruses that have tried to update themselves from internet addresses, both websites and newsgroups. There have also been a few that have travelled in the HTML formatting of e-mails, notably the kak worm. I don't think there have been any that did both, however.
What do you mean by branding emails with html conversions? -Peter -----Original Message----- From: Andy Russell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 13:32 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: partially off-topic - virus' travelling via html e-mails Hi all I am trying to find if there is any evidence of virus' travelling via html format emails between systems - ie. the sort of virus that goes and fetches something off of the internet when you view the html email. There is movement in my company to start branding emails with html conversions but I think that with the increasing quantity of virus' around html email will be unpopular within a year or so and everyone will go back to rich text or plain text. Of course I could be wrong.... anyone seen any articles about this type of risk? I'm not talking about the direct replication of the virus in this format - more the initial infection coming in this way rather than as an attachment which is getting rather predictable now... Many thanks Andy Russell _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________ This message is private or privileged. If you are not the person for whom this message is intended, please delete it and notify me immediately, and please do not copy or send this message to anyone else. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
