RE: Please Read This Announcement Everyone

Do you have outlook express installed?

If you running Windows you most likely have outlook express or traces of
outlook express installed.

The problem is not really releated to the client, it is but it isnt.

The problem is a couple of things:

1. Developers screamed and hooray'd and threw confetti at the fact that
they could completely automate MS Office products. They loved it. Now
they are paying the price for wanting that.

2. The virus writers target MS software because they are the eveil
empire, they know most people run some version of outlook because of its
popularity. If linux was used on as many desktops, then it would be the
target of viruses. We have seen a couple and there will be more for
non-MS platforms.

Also, take a look here:

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=3Dnavclient&q=3Dscripting+eudora+au=
tom
ation

You can script eudora just as easily as Outlook. Just no one spends the
time, because it is a low target audience.

Get off the high horse.

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Mike Carlson
http://www.domitianx.com
domitianx(at)domitianx.com

Thought Of The Moment:

"My software never has bugs. It just develops random features."
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org=20
> [mailto:owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org] On Behalf Of St=E9phane Bergeron
> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 4:55 PM
> To: hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> Subject: RE: Please Read This Announcement Everyone
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> At 01:38 PM 18/09/01 -0500, you wrote:
> >No its not doubtful at all.  You don't need to open email
> >to have viruses run.  Nor would I ever hoax anyone on this list.
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> It's not a hoax but only people using broken email clients=20
> like Outlook are=20
> affected by this.  I use Eudora myself and I can guarantee=20
> you that it=20
> doesn't open messages or attachments on its own and that it=20
> won't send mail=20
> to anyone without my knowing.  From the Symantec page you=20
> provided a link to:
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> "The worm uses MAPI calls to read email in your email=20
> program's inbox to=20
> find new email addresses. These MAPI functions are supported=20
> by Microsoft=20
> Outlook and Outlook Express. The worm uses its own SMTP=20
> engine to send=20
> itself as an attachment with no body and with random subject=20
> lines. When=20
> received, the Readme.exe poses as an audio wav file."
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> The best protection against viruses like this is not to use=20
> Outlook.  If=20
> you do and you got hit I'm sorry but you only have yourself to blame.
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> St=E9phane Bergeron
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