Re: Virus on ron julian msg?

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From: Andrew Beals (bandy_at_cinnamon.com)
Date: Tue Oct 08 2002 - 00:18:36 EDT


On Mon, 07 Oct 2002 20:19:44 -0700, "Michael Geary" <Mike_at_Geary.com> wrote:
> > I don't see any attachments to his email. With no attachments it's
> > impossible to receive a virus.
>
> NOT TRUE! (Not shouting, just emphasizing.)
>
> Microsoft had a security patch a while back that dealt with a virus that was
> spread by merely viewing an HTML email. No attachments required!

And have they yet taken out the "feature" wherein they would uudecode a
uuencoded file within the plain text of a message automagically?


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