Just as a side light to all of this, I believe Eudora has a problem with
*.lnk file similar to Outlook and *.vbs files. There is a tweak to prevent
this at Eudora's site.
Kevin Childers
Mail Administrator
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Carolina's Fastest Internet Service Provider
www.NetQuick.net
(910) 486-7845 Ext. 23
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Pillow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] LOVEYOU Virus, only MS Outlook?
> >>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.
>
> --
> Keith Pillow, CTO
> Sylvan Information Services, Inc.
> www.sylvaninfo.net
> 84 Main Street Warsaw, Virginia 22572
>
> --
> Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html
> to be removed from this list.
>
Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html
to be removed from this list.
