On Thu, May 04, 2000 at 07:34:32PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> So your method wouldn't work to smuggle an EXE in to *our* network.
> 'Course, if you're really determined you can just pack it up in some
> obscure format ... say by binhexing it, then bzipping it...
>
Not quite true. There's no point in a baddie sending you a BinHex'ed/GZIP'ed
file as you're not going to be bothered finding out how to open it.
The type of person who clicks on unexpected attachments is the same type of
person who can't be bothered finding out how to open an obscure format.
That is why 99% of all viruses are sent in a form that 99% of computers
"understand" - .EXE,.ZIP and macros (VBS is a macro language).
No-one sends win32-perl viruses/trogans because 99% of the recipients won't
be able to run it without thinking and doing some work first...
--
Cheers
Jason Haar
Unix/Network Specialist, Trimble NZ
Phone: +64 3 9635 377 Fax: +64 3 9635 417
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