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Re: [ST] warning...maybe
- Subject: Re: [ST] warning...maybe
- From: "Mike Bostock" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 00:30:14 +0000
In your message regarding Re: [ST] warning...maybe dated Tue, 13 Nov 2001
19:09:42 -0500, by way of Message_Redirector@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx said that ...
>Never, never, never, never open an EXE. file if you areen't absolutely sure
>here it came from.
All well and good, but if you happen to be a poor unfortunate that uses M$
Outlook and you have 'hide extensions of known file-types' switched on then you
will never know it is an .exe. Moreover Nimda 'hides' the file-type of the
executable in its payload by reporting a different file-type in the Mime header
:-|
Advice - ditch Outlook.
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Mike Bostock
http://www.toothfairy.co.uk/
Wales & SW ST Riders
http://www.sprint-st.org/
'99 Red ST
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