On 16 Apr 1997, Rich Pieri wrote:
> ..snipped..
> This is really the same case as the Mickeysoft "active" readers. Programs
> are embedded in or attached to mail messages, and the reader in some
> fashion executes that code, which causes the virus code to be executed and
> allows it to spread. If you never execute programs that are sent via mail
> you will never be infected by an "email virus".
You and I may never execute an unknown embedded program like the one you
mention above. However, in any given organization there mightbe a large
percentage of email users who might think nothing of hitting that link in
the message. In the case of the naive corporate user it might just as
well be considered a 'true' email virus... Am I wrong?
Milt
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