I do use Linux, but not for e-mail. When properly configured, no executable content can run from e-mail in Outlook Express, at least until someone finds the next security hole in it ;-).
Scott Nichol ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Dovlecel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 12:09 PM Subject: Re: Ed King? > Whenever you want, > > Switch to linux :o) > > No exe file will scrool your computer. :o))) Lol > > dovle > > > The messages appear to have come through an SMTP relay at the domain of > > Ed King's e-mail address, but that does not mean they come from him or > > his machine. I am just thankful that they all came with Ed King as the > > sender so I could write a quick message rule and delete them. > > > > Scott Nichol > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Tom Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 5:00 PM > > Subject: Re: Ed King? > > > > > Chris Howard wrote: > > > > Most versions of e-mail software now-a-days do not open .exe .vbs > > > > and other > > > > > > dangerous files immediately anymore. They now wait for the user to > > > > open > > > > > > them manually and even warn the user. Ed was probably using an > > > > archaic > > > > > > e-mail program or opened an infected file he recieved from someone > > > > else, > > > > > > prolly with the same message that we recieved. > > > > > > Do we actually know that Ed King's was the infected machine? We know > > > > that > > > > > it was using his return address consistently, so > > > (a) blocking emails "From" him stopped the flood, and > > > (b) it must have been from a machine where his email address was > > > > stored, and > > > > > (c) Norton identified it for me as w32.yaha.f@mm, > > > so it must have come from a Windows machine, but > > > > http:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ml says > > > > > > The From field is a randomly-selected email address and may not be > > > > the legitimate sender. > > > > > (Just curious.) > > > > > > Tom Myers > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
