Prahlad --
...and then Prahlad Vaidyanathan said...
%
...
% ps. Is there a mutt port running on Windows ? In which case (s)he might
% be an innocent mutt-user :-)
There is, I hear, though I haven't tried it yet. I'd be quite surprised,
though, if such a machine would spread the virus -- th
Hi,
On Thu, 17 Jan 2002 Carl B . Constantine spewed into the ether:
> Some nut is actually using Outlook for this list. I just got an email in
> response to one I posted from [EMAIL PROTECTED] that had a virus
> attached to it (.mp3.pif).
Something similar happened on another list I'm on, and th
On 12:00 17 Jan 2002, David T-G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| % response to one I posted from [EMAIL PROTECTED] that had a virus
| % attached to it (.mp3.pif).
| That's just a Program Information File, or what Win uses to remember how
| to run a DOS program. I wonder what "mp3" is... on that syste
Michael P. Soulier wrote:
>
> Such things are harmless, if inappropriate to this list. Lets not
> forget however, that Mutt recently was found to be susceptible to a
> buffer overflow that could be spread through an email, no? Thankfully
> it was quickly patched, and thanks to Debian, I had it up
On 17/01/02 David Champion did speaketh:
> Viruses/worms can be embedded in a .pif file. The point of using .pif
> is that Windows software frequently considers it to indicate executable
> content that should be automatically executed when double-clicked.
> Irregularities in the PIF data can caus
At some point hitherto, Knute hath spake thusly:
> On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Carl B . Constantine wrote:
>
> >
> >Some nut is actually using Outlook for this list. I just got an email in
> >response to one I posted from [EMAIL PROTECTED] that had a virus
> >attached to it (.mp3.pif).
>
> LOL... That'
On 2002.01.17, in <20020117164300.GB3131@knute>,
"Knute" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >response to one I posted from [EMAIL PROTECTED] that had a virus
> >attached to it (.mp3.pif).
>
> LOL... That's not even a virus, it's a shortcut to the executable!
Viruses/worms can be embedded in a
Carl --
...and then Carl B . Constantine said...
%
% Some nut is actually using Outlook for this list. I just got an email in
Lots of people do. It's kinda funny when you think about it, but we see
Netscape, Mozilla, LookOut!, PINE, and more.
% response to one I posted from [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Carl B . Constantine wrote:
>
>Some nut is actually using Outlook for this list. I just got an email in
>response to one I posted from [EMAIL PROTECTED] that had a virus
>attached to it (.mp3.pif).
LOL... That's not even a virus, it's a shortcut to the executable!
Hrmmm...
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* On 17-01-02 at 17:19
* Carl B . Constantine said
> Some nut is actually using Outlook for this list. I just got an email in
> response to one I posted from [EMAIL PROTECTED] that had a virus
> attached to it (.mp3.pif).
Which nut is this?
-
On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 03:22:58PM +0100, Kai Blin wrote:
>On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Jan Johansson wrote:
>
>Well, I usually say email is safe and I'm 18, so come on... but,
>on the other hand, you can say email is safe for me (with
>mutt/pine/whatever) because I'm smart enough. This email
>attachment s
Kai Blin proclaimed on mutt-users that:
> Anyway, I don't think a luser would refrain opening a file called
> sexygirl.jpg.vbs if a friend of his sent it and said it was a nice
> picture, would he?
Or the other variants of the hybris worm - F*g with dogs.scr.vbs was one
(one of my collea
On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Jan Johansson wrote:
> In Windows (and a few other) email attachments are dangerous for
> alot or reasons.
>
> The icon shown is in some cases extracted from the .exe file,
> which can lead to that the program is exectued when you open the
> mail.
Cool, I didn't know that o
On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 02:28:38PM +0800, Horace G. Friend III wrote:
> How can I include all headers for my reply. I had to get out of this msg
> to take a look at the above Received hdr?
:set header
:unset weed
Gary
--
Gary Johnson | Agilent Technologi
On Wed, Mar 7, 2001, Horace G. Friend III wrote:
> The windoze world is full of all kinds of viruses. Is it the same in Linux?
> I just received an email from [EMAIL PROTECTED] (probably a fake) with
> an attachment (AHAOFIA.EXE) described as application/octet-stream, base64 encoding,
>size 30K.
Viruses can only infect when they are executed. In other words
you can copy the file as much as you like. Saving, using cat to
read it, vi to edit it or whatever. This is even safe on a
Windows machine so go ahead and use Notepad.
In Windows (and a few other) email attachments are dangerous for
a
On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 02:28:38PM +0800, Horace G. Friend III wrote:
>Hi,
>
>The windoze world is full of all kinds of viruses. Is it the same in Linux?
>I just received an email from [EMAIL PROTECTED] (probably a fake)
Yep.
>So now I'm back in Linux. I can just delete the file but before doing
On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 02:28:38PM +0800, Horace G. Friend III wrote:
> that I'd like to know what options do I have. Can I save this AHAOFIA.EXE
> to my hdd w/o harm to my system? ... so that I can send it as an attachment
> to my email to Norton and PC-cillin?
Yes, that should not harm your _L
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