On Wed, 28 Mar 2001 18:48:23 John S. Gage wrote:
>I think it's wise at this point to clarify something. Andrew's message
>created the impression, at least in my weakened mind, that a virus could be
>sent in the body of an e-mail and result in infection *without* an
>attachment.
Hi John,
The suspicous email messages in question *did* contain an attachment! That is why I
was concerned especially since I received 5 copies from two different senders all with
similar payload.
So, no, I am not suggesting a virus can hide in the body of a message.
Dave is correct that the size of those email attachments are smaller than a typical
virus (and that's why they got through their filter). But, based on their behavior
(multiple postings from two sources), I thought it might very well be a new mailing
list virus :-). Just me, always trying to discover something novel.
>I had previously thought that this was impossible,
>particularly if one were not using Outlook. Am I right, wrong, misguided?
Can't say John. Doing the impossible is always an attractive challenge. Should always
exercise "Universal precautions" :-)
There is always a first time. I am sure that this is the current challenge facing our
colleague who devote their time to creating new infectious life forms. Something small
enough to get through size-based filters and/or executes/infects from the browser upon
loading!
Cheers,
Andrew
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Andrew P. Ho, M.D.
OIO: Open Infrastructure for Outcomes
www.TxOutcome.Org
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Psychiatry, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
University of California, Los Angeles
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