>>Is MS Outlook the only client that automagically runs this thing when a
>>user views the message? What other clients run this attachment without
>>prompting?
>
>It's VBscript, so the mail client has to be capable of VBScript execution,
>and usually that mean .vbs extension associated with IE.
>
>Can outlook (all versions) execute .vbs w/o IE installed?
>
>Can Eudora configured to used IE as its HTML viewer and/or with .vbs
>associatet with IE also launch .vbs?
I'm really only concerned with the clients that don't prompt before execution. I'm
under the impression that Outlook is the only one that doesn't require some user
action. Please correct me if I am wrong.
If a user doesn't have the opportunity to stop the attachment from executing, then
that mail client has severe security problems.
If they are prompted before execution, well, then the user has had their fair shot at
avoiding a virus that slipped through their anti-virus software.
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