Geraint Edwards wrote: > Earlier today I received an infected message in 0.9.6 on Linux - not > knowing it was infected I 'previewed' the message. > > I was rather alarmed to see a popup window appear asking me to save a file > > I wonder what would have happened if I had previewed/read the message on > my Windows box with the appropriate mime-type plugin installed. I have > decided not to try it, just in case. > > Is Mozilla at risk to this type of virus? > > Geraint >
In the Windows versions you have to deliberately download and RUN the attached executable in order to become a victim. IOW, you have to force the virus upon yourself ........ :-[ -- Jay Garcia - Netscape Champion Novell MCNE-5/CNI-Networking Technologies-OSI UFAQ - http://www.UFAQ.org
