[PLUG] The big virus in the news

Derek Loree drl at drloree.com
Thu Aug 21 20:15:02 UTC 2003


On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 19:54, Michael C. Robinson wrote:
>  I do know it is prolific, and that someone claiming to be my Mom wants
>  to "Have Sexy" with me.  I saw html code that ran a vbscript to install
>  the virus, only possible with M$.
>  
>  Can you believe it?
>  
>  Derek Loree
> 
> Does evolution not launch helper applications for attachments or how
> is it free from this sort of problem?

Evolution didn't know what to do with the vbscript, so it kept it as an
attachment.






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