adam kepecs on Thu, 10 Apr 1997 15:30:11 +0200 (MET DST) |
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Syndicate: Re: <nettime> Penpal Greetings is a Hoax, not a virus |
On Thu, 10 Apr 1997, Otto Stolz wrote: > Facts are: > - By merly reading an E-mail letter, no virus can be propagated, as > no additional program code is executed. Either, you had the virus already, > or you won't have it after reading. Period. > - To attract a virus, or to suffer from a Troian Horse, you have to execute > some program code brought to you from external sources. In the context > of e-mail (and news), this code can only come via an ATTACHMENT. > In particular, MS-Word formatted texts may contain Word-Macro viruses; > if your MUA (or news-reader) is configured to launch Word and pass the > attachment to it, you may be in trouble. Hello! If you use your web browser as your mail program the above "facts" may soon change (actually i think there already are exploits of this sort) Another thing: IF there would such a virus, the code would certainly be spread along with the so-called warning. Conclusion: don't forward warnings. Take care, adam