--- John Hooten <jhooten_at_binary.net> wrote:
> That style of virus is using a outlook attack method called
> exploitation
> mime.
> If you put an attachment labled as sound or image stream outlook
> tries
> to play it.
> If the attachment is not music or image stream outlook decides that
> it
> can be nice and run it for you anyway!
> Thus infects you with whatever it was. Nice going oh so helpful
> outlook-stupid bug! (get the security patches!)
> If you use netscape email it is ignored as invalid and doesnt show at
THis is why i tell anyone using outlook or outlook express to turn off
the auto open feature.
Falconeio
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Received on Mon Jun 03 2002 - 08:33:43 CDT