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Re: [ST] warning...maybe



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.

- -- 
Mike Bostock
http://www.toothfairy.co.uk/
Wales & SW ST Riders
http://www.sprint-st.org/

'99 Red ST

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