It depends on how your mail client is set up. MS has this tendency to
set up their defaults very unsafely - they enable "show attachments
inline" out of the box and if you use a "preview" window you're screwed
pretty much right away. Any client that uses MS's HTML components may
be in danger. Independents should be safe until you open the file
itself.
Eric Kurtz wrote:
>
> I thought the only way to get the virus is to open the attachment. Is this
> true or is all that it takes is to open the email itself?
> Eric
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marty Galyean" <mgalyean@acm.org>
> To: "DML" <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 2:03 PM
> Subject: DML: Virus info
>
> > Here is a link to a description of this virus. Its a variant of
> > the I LOVE YOU virus. Bottom line, don't open emails with
> > vbscript, turn off windows scripting, etc. There was no
> > reference to a cure once you get it.
> > One of the nasty things it does is replace all your scripts (vb,
> > js, etc) with copies of itself. Pretty extensive stuff. Unless
> > some kind of fix is posted to www.sans.org or some other trusted
> > location, your best bet is a reinstall from read-only media :-(
> >
> > http://www.zdnet.com/zdhelp/stories/main/0,5594,2583071,00.html
> >
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