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Occulis
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Minion
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 Posted: 03/19/04 - 08:43 Post subject: Re: Kick-ass new Windows exploit - wuwu - go team!
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| Occulis wrote: | http://www.canada.com/calgary/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=27999f63-6e3a-4a86-b9b4-61df3d47f8db
Five new variants of a malicious e-mail virus released overnight Thursday on the Internet break new ground in that recipients are no longer required to open attachments to infect their computers.
ollloollolololo |
Isn't this easily solvable by disabling HTML emails?
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Nahualli
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Posted: 03/19/04 - 09:35 Post subject: Re: Kick-ass new Windows exploit - wuwu - go team!
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| Minion wrote: | | Occulis wrote: | http://www.canada.com/calgary/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=27999f63-6e3a-4a86-b9b4-61df3d47f8db
Five new variants of a malicious e-mail virus released overnight Thursday on the Internet break new ground in that recipients are no longer required to open attachments to infect their computers.
ollloollolololo |
Isn't this easily solvable by disabling HTML emails? |
do you mean HTML format or simply internet mail? Gah I can't imagine turning off internet mail.
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Jakanden
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Posted: 03/19/04 - 09:42 Post subject:
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Bah that sucks
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Minion
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Posted: 03/19/04 - 10:59 Post subject:
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You're referring to webmail, and no that's not what I'm saying. If you read the article it says...
| Quote: | | the new variants carry a web-based URL or hyper text message in the body of the e-mail |
A lot of email services don't even allow html email, it outputs as txt. TXT files can't execute shit.
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kemble
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Posted: 03/19/04 - 11:15 Post subject:
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They are referring to it bypassing the patch if you save the malicious email.... I wonder what they mean by save...
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Nahualli
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Posted: 03/19/04 - 11:54 Post subject:
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| Minion wrote: | You're referring to webmail, and no that's not what I'm saying. If you read the article it says...
| Quote: | | the new variants carry a web-based URL or hyper text message in the body of the e-mail |
A lot of email services don't even allow html email, it outputs as txt. TXT files can't execute shit. |
No I'm not referring to webmail. I'm referring to Exchange mail coming in from the Internet in HTML format. Outlook does allow these to come through. Hence my comment I can't imagine trying to do that.
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Minion
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Posted: 03/19/04 - 12:54 Post subject:
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| Nahualli wrote: | | Minion wrote: | You're referring to webmail, and no that's not what I'm saying. If you read the article it says...
| Quote: | | the new variants carry a web-based URL or hyper text message in the body of the e-mail |
A lot of email services don't even allow html email, it outputs as txt. TXT files can't execute shit. |
No I'm not referring to webmail. I'm referring to Exchange mail coming in from the Internet in HTML format. Outlook does allow these to come through. Hence my comment I can't imagine trying to do that.
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Why not
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ranth
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Posted: 03/19/04 - 12:59 Post subject:
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moral of the story....dont allow html emails in your email client.
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