[pmmail-list] Filter for newest virus

[Kenneth Porter]

On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 16:12:13 +0100, Alfred Haider wrote:

>I know it's maybe a silly question:
>is the autorun function an error of the e-mail program or a windows
>error?

It's a bug in Outlook (the email client). Looking at the body of the
mail (which is HTML) causes the attachment to run. Yet another reason
to avoid HTML in mail.

>I mean, when i use pmmail and I get an infected mail, when does the
>auto-run start's?
>If i open the attachment or simply by getting it?

For PMMail, you have to open the attachment. PMMail lacks the iframe
vulnerability.

Ken
mailto:shiva@well.com
http://www.sewingwitch.com/ken/
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