Hi Jamie,
On Mon, 22 Jan 2001, at 08:15:16 +0000 you wrote:
JD> Happy99 only worked because of a vulnerability in O and OE.
That's not quite correct. Happy99 replaced Windows' TCP/IP
implementation to send a duplicate eMail to every recipient with
its own program code as attachment. I think Bubbleboy is the
only virus that uses directly a security hole in O and OE. (Even
Loveletter needed a helpful user who started the attachment!)
JD> A virus would have to be specifically designed to work with
JD> TB! e.g. address book format and mapi calls. As TB! is a
JD> less well known program I think we have less to fear but it
JD> is still possible.
I agree on this one.
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Regards,
Lars
The Bat! 1.49c on Windows NT 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 1
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