> > I don't understand how she gets them on mozilla. i thought > > mozilla was smart enough not to run stuff w/o permission? > > > > What are the virii taking advantage of? Is it an html issue? > > There are virii that use Java, Javascript, Flash, you name it, and > then there's the evil code masquerading as something innocuous. > The issue here is architectural -- the OS bases execution > decisions on nothing more than the file name suffix, then executes > code with full privileges to do whatever it wants. Mozilla on > Windows is better than IE on Windows, but it's still building > castles in a swamp.
But why is the OS running attachments in an email w/o the user saying so? Anne said her daughter wasn't clicking on them. Even that they had caused problems before she heard from the antivirus prog. Sorry if i sound daft. Just trying to wrap my head around this... eric -- Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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