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Dan Terp (postmaster@blue.planet.net) wrote:
: In article <3rrt7c$6pl@post.gsfc.nasa.gov> Les Miner <les.r.miner.1@gsfc.nasa.gov> writes:


: >I just saw a message the other day from NASRIC (Nasa's Automated Systems 
: >Incident Response Capability) saying that there are NO web-related 
: >viruses/trojan horses/etc.
: >Now, if it were a file transfered to your machine, decompressed, then 
: >executed, that has NOTHING to do with the web, except that it was used 
: >as a vehicle for the virus.  This could also be accomplished via FTP, 
: >Gopher, transfer via floppy, you get the idea.

: Actually, this one of the big concerns with VRML, and the 3-D browsers like 
: webspace. They work by downloading a small "applet" to your system and running 
: it there. This might be source of viral infection. Silicon Graphics says 
: they're working on it.

Are you sure about this? I haven't heard anything about VRML using 
applets. Java, on the other hand, uses applets.


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