On Sunday, September 30, 2001, at 09:31 AM, Tina Holm wrote:
> At 19:55 -0400 29/09/01, Donna Hood Pointer wrote: >> How could this have happened on the Mac OS? > > I was wondering about this too. Never heard of a Mac virus that could do > this, perhaps it's a new one (or I missed something in my general Mac > education). Unfortunately, when the hd is erased, the virus is gone too, > and it'll be impossible to investigate further, I guess. From my understanding (which is a bit gathered here... some more gathered there... :) the big problem with PC's is the ability to receive an email and have it execute attachments/scripts/programs without a user having to do anything - hence they spread and spread with barely a click from whoever is running the PC. I just tried a test here, sending a small mac anagram-generating prog to myself using OE on my iMac - sure enough, doubleclicking on the attachment ran it. If someone specifically wrote a mac executable to say, corrupt your HD badly, then posted it to you - doubleclicking it would... ta-dah... corrupt your HD badly!. Mail under OSX does the same - but at least it gives you a warning that running the attachment directly could spready a virus... be well! danabanana -- http://dana.jaime.com/ -- -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
