paul(at)eucleides.com
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 Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 8:53 am Post subject: malware in e-mail |
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On Mon, September 15, 2008 8:20 am, Noel Loveys wrote:
| Quote: | I wouldn't worry about a virus by just reading an E-Mail.../ Viruses live in
the attachments or on websites you go to through links
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For the most part that is true. However, when the e-mail is composed with SHTML, XML,
HTML or a mix such as the one you posted it contains links that are automatically
executed. An example that you commonly see is embedded photos in e-mails - those
display commonly depending on both the mail server (MTA) that delivers the mail and
your mail reader. If someone is running for example a Windows XP system and using
Office Outlook or Outlook Express as a mail client and neither have been upgraded
through Service Pack 2, then embedded links with ACtive Server Pages (ASP) execture
automatically. These can deliver a malware payload containing worms, virii or spyware
bots. ESpecially vulnerable are those people that haven't kept up with security
updates. I used to be very adamant about running mail lists that contain no html
content and this is one of the reasons.
If you keep current with security updates which are free from MS, you're in good shape.
<http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/>
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Paul A. Franz, P.E.
PAF Consulting Engineers
Office 425.440.9505
Cell 425.241.1618
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