Hi Rod.

26-Mar-04 19:36:42, Rod Gasson wrote to All


 RG> He does have a point though, if you don't have a computer, then
 RG> you cannot get a computer virus.  If you don't have internet
 RG> access, then you can't get a virus that is spread from the
 RG> internet.  Problem is, he seems to forget that computer virus's
 RG> existed long before the 'net as we know it came into being.

 RG> The Internet, Zip files, doc files with embed macro's, and so for
 RG> are still nothing more than transport mechanisms - the virus code
 RG> STILL needs to be executed before an infection can take place.

you open a zip file and nothing gets run, open a document and some
automatic macros can run,

 >> It seems there was some way to get OE to run stuff wiothout asking
 >> and there was no way to block it.

 RG> Funny, I check for Mickysoft updates on a daily basis and there
 RG> haven't been any security updates for nearly a month now.   You
 RG> must be WAY behind the times.

turns out I mis-read that exploit was blocked in
"Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-040."
(dunno when that was released.)

 RG> Please send me a link to this so called patch so I can see how old
 RG> it really is. I suspect that you may have read one of the recent
 RG> 'slashdot' stories that relates to a very old bug that was fixed a
 RG> LOOONG time ago.

I was mistaken, but anywhay It was recent message in the virus echo
a virus called "W32.Bagle-Q" from "sophos.com"

 -=> Bye <=-

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