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Hi Paula,
On Tue, 18 Sep 2001 22:02:34 -0400, you wrote these comments:
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P> Here's a related question that is on topic.
Good. :-)
P> It's being reported that this Nimda worm when received in an email
P> will execute when the message is opened, that is, that it doesn't
P> require opening an attachment. I've seen, at least one report that
P> said the attachment is not even apparent. The attachment is named
P> readme.exe, so I assume that it is a binary executable.
P> Is The Bat safe from this worm? Is it safe if I also have OE
P> installed, even though I never use OE?
TB! is safe from these files. It simply will not run an attachment
unless the user expressly does so. Apparently this isn't the same with
OE and its ilk. Since their use is what predominates, anything they do
tends to be popularised as what happens whichever client you use.
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