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?
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The ILOVEYOU virus isn't one that opens automagically (the type you are referring to
never made it to the wild, it was just a prototype; only Outlook Express opens it
automatically, if you have preview on).
This virus will run on (and infect) any system that can run .VBS (Visual Basic
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
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.
With this virus, Outlook will NOT run it unless [1] the user opens the attachment (IE,
-click.
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Preview on...doesn't open an attachment...people do :-)
I use the preview feature and no attachment opens up unless I do
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Preview on...doesn't open an attachment...people do :-)
I use the preview feature and no attachment opens up u
it or not.
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Outlook Express won't run VB script without the user telling it to (as far
as I know
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The ILOVEYOU virus isn't one that opens automagically (the type you are
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Preview on...doesn't open an attachment...people do :-)
I use the preview feature and no attachment opens up u
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