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Article #956Re: Virus via mail
From: William J. Murphy
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 18:50
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 18:50
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In article <1992Aug19.145655.8372@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> szatezal@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Shane M Zatezalo) writes:
>(please, no flames here)
>
>Would it be possible for someone to spread a virus via NeXTMail?
>
Something Stephen Wrightish: I sent myself a virus, must be my infectious
humor.
Yes I think that you could send a virus this way. I just tried sending myself
and executable which I double-clicked and launched. NeXT Mail is at least
smart enough to alert you that the attachment is executable. Since I knew
what I sent myself, I wasn't too worried. But it did execute. Suppose I
could have been stupid and had it unlink my directories. :-{
Bill Murphy | Old Home Cottage Cheese: The only cottage
| cheese that's not made from formaldehyde,
murphy@physics.purdue.edu | arsenic, or rodent parts.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!kithrup!stanford.edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sample.eng.ohio-state.edu!purdue!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!dirac!gibbs.physics.purdue.edu!murphy From: murphy@gibbs.physics.purdue.edu (William J. Murphy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Virus via mail Keywords: Is it possible? Message-ID: <8113@dirac.physics.purdue.edu> Date: 19 Aug 92 18:50:16 GMT References: <1992Aug19.145655.8372@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> Sender: news@dirac.physics.purdue.edu Organization: Purdue University Physics Department Lines: 18