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- From: isbell@cats.ucsc.edu (Art Isbell)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
- Subject: Re: Virus via mail
- Keywords: Is it possible?
- Message-ID: <170rv0INNso@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>
- Date: 20 Aug 92 19:31:44 GMT
- References: <1992Aug19.145655.8372@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <1992Aug19.232002.17662@reed.edu>
- Organization: Cubic Solutions - NeXT software development and consulting
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- In article <1992Aug19.232002.17662@reed.edu> horde@reed.edu (Mr. Heiji Horde) writes:
- >In article <1992Aug19.145655.8372@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> szatezal@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Shane M Zatezalo) writes:
- >>Would it be possible for someone to spread a virus via NeXTMail?
- >>It seems as though if a person threw a destructive program in the mail,
- >>and an unknowing user launched it right from his/her mailbox, a lot of
- >>damage could be done.
- >
- >Assuming the person was unknowing and launched anything they got in the mail.
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- At least in 3.0 PR2 Mail, if you double-click an executable in a mail message,
- a Caution Panel opens, but it's message is pretty mild:
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- "This file is executable"
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- The Panel allows the user to continue or cancel. But I'd suggest a stronger
- message (maybe the 3.0 release is better in this respect).
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