Hello John, On Wed, 13 Nov 2002 17:48:08 +0900 GMT (13/11/02, 15:48 +0700 GMT), John De Hoog wrote:
> Has a Trojan or other nasty program been devised that can > automatically send mail to people in your Bat address book, or is > that problem limited to Outlook? IIRC, a virus was detected a couple of years ago that targeted TB users. I remember the hype very well. However, not a single infection was reported. I don't think we will see one very soon, either: First of all, there are not so many computers with TB running as there are with OE/OL. Virus writers take satisfaction in numbers. Second, the TB users tend to be more virus aware on average, so that the probability that an AV software is runnung is much higher than with the average OE/OL user. Third, there is no way to make a virus install itself when it arrives via email into TB. The user (remember, the one who is more aware of security issues and therefore probably does not click on an attachment he doesn't know) needs to click on the attachment *and* ignore the automated warning. Fourth, if a user does get infected and the virus uses its own SMTP engine, TB users are more likely to have a firewall running that detect outbound traffic. -- Cheers, Thomas. Moderator der deutschen The Bat! Beginner Liste. Shopping tip: You can get shoes for 85 cents at bowling alleys. Message reply created with The Bat! 1.62/Beta7 under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A using an AMD Athlon K7 1.2GHz, 128MB RAM ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
