Re: Has anyone received the new "I LOVE YOU" Virus email yet ?

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From: Andrew Brydon
Date: Sun, 07 May 2000 00:00

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Once upon a time,  Michael Salem <4ms2u$ms@michaels.demon.co.uk> wrote
>tom@nospam.demon.co.uk "Tom" wrote:
>
>> the normal way
>> of preventing stray .js, .vbs and .reg files from wreaking havoc is to
>> select them in "File Types" and change the default action to "Edit" from
>> the usual "Open".  
>
>Has anybody listed all the files which can cause trouble? Obvious 
>list:
>
[snipped more obvious .EXE etc.]
>.JPG, .GIF. .AVI, MPG, .MP3 are presumably not infectable.

Ah yes, but those clever virus people could send an .exe renamed to
.zip or to .gif etc. Then what would happen...

>I expect a great surge of viruses (more accurately, worms) like Love 
>Letter, now the idea is in the public domain.

So were Melissa and Chernobyl something that didn't happen? Users are
inherently gullible/forgetful/naive/stupid (pick one or more) which
is why so many people still caught/transmitted LoveLetter only a year
after other major outbreaks. Same basic cause/mechanism. Nothing
learned!
-- 
Andrew Brydon
Life is just the beta-version of death

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