Sunday, December 30, 2001, 7:35:55 AM, Eddie Castelli wrote: > different means including HTML. But David mentioned already, that only > being online could spread Viruses. How? I dant know!
While I've been surfing on the .. *ahem* .. less reputable sites, I've often encountered a website try to force a .EXE file on me. Basically it's a simple link to a .EXE that tries to load when the web page is finished loading. While I'm sitting there, the dialog box that gives me the option of "Run from this location" or "Save file to disk" pops up on my screen. The file is often small, and I'm on DSL. So while I'm sitting there, going, "HUH? I didn't want to download a file!" Windows is busy downloading the file to the TEMP directory so that it can be finished when I decide what I want to do. As soon as the file is finished loading in the background, InoculateIT (my Anti-Virus software. Previously free, is now commercial. But free versions can still be found on the net and virus updates will be free forever) scanned the file and found it to be a Worm then said that it deleted the file and would not restore it. Now.. I know that by running TB! and having no addresses in my Outlook, if I accepted the virus and didn't have a virus scanner running, it would not spread. But if it was a virus that destroyed something on my system, it would work. -- - Alan Poulton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - Using The Bat! v1.53d on Windows 98 4.90 Build 3000 -- ________________________________________________________ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
