Forum Archive Index - October 2002

[Holden Glova <dsafari@paradise.net.nz>]

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On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 11:42, Capitalist wrote:
> Hi John,
> I got an email from you with an infected attachment on 26/10/02 at 12.03
> pm. The attachment was My.Money.mny.exe  The body of the message said
> something like Hi Oliver... and a reference to stockwatch I think. Norton
> picked it up and no harm done. Strange it should have come to me though - I
> don't know you.

hi sharechatters,

virii don't have to just go through an addressbook, they could equally reply 
to previously sent mail. So if the user keeps email messsages around, you 
could be a potential recipient of certain virii. It is a no brainer to parse 
a mail file and grab addresses. It can easily be done with a single line of 
code (in many languages, not all).

I'll re-iterate a previous piece of advice I gave a month or so ago. Windows 
users, don't run out MS Outlook as your mail client. It is too tightly 
integrated into windows can make too many things happen (some automatically). 
Don't open attachments if you don't expect an attatchment from someone. 
Because viruses can come from people that you are familiar with care should 
be open before opening mail even from trusted individuals. Or you could 
install Linux :)

- -- 
Signed,
Holden Glova
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