On Monday 20 Oct 2003 4:27 am, Eric Huff wrote: > > > 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
And just to add to the confusion, the last batch came from a user whose mails say that they are scanned by Panda antivirus. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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