> This isn't news to anyone because everybody knows that any
> file ending in COM is most likely an executable program.

Oh, yes, of course they, especially since the format is nearly extinct and
can't contain a Windows PE program, *everyone* must know that a .COM is an
executable.

> It DOES NOT pose as a web site.  It most clearly represents
> itself as an inserted UUENCODED executable program named

It *DOES* pose as a web site.  It says 'I have attached a link to my
website', and the attachment is called 'www.whatever.yahoo.com'.  That looks
like a HURL to most users.

If it doesn't pose as a web site, why are those users who run it clicking on
it?

> As seen in my email client program there is nothing to click on.
> The virus is sent as inserted text, being a UUENCODED file.

And your e-mail client is?  How does it differ from the most common e-mail
clients on the target platform?  Outlook Express, Netscape and Pegasus
certainly display an attachment to click on.

> There
> is no hyperlink to click on unless you are using some really weird
> and unusual email client program

Who said anything about hyperlinks?  The message says there's a link
attached.  And there is indeed a file to click on.  Problem is, it's not a
link to a web site, it's program.  And yes, it is possible to attach a link
to a website for Windows users.

Regards,
Ben A L Jemmett.
(http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ben.jemmett/, http://www.deltasoft.com/)

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