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A half-true statement...
It depends upon sucker users opening and running the attachment. Yes, it would work on any platform - provided the attached program could run in whatever environment it found itself.

Except that in certain OS systems, like Linux for example, the fact that the system was built from the ground up so that users have limited rights, means you can comprimise the entire PC by running the file, unless you are root (the admin). Yeah, I know MS has implemented similar Linux-like features. The problem is, since they haven't built their system this way from the ground up, in an MS shop, you still have to give users higher permission levels than you would in a *nix environment, because the applications written for the OS require the higher permissions level.
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Looks like you do Microsoft's testing  IT_User | 10/31/03
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Did you read the article?  voska | 11/03/03
FUD & LIES? ROFLMAO!  The Real Bitch | 11/03/03
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Education key  lmaxwell | 10/31/03
ideas  voska | 11/03/03
Look Ma, no virus  theo_durcan | 11/01/03
Hey, no bashing. Dang.  Fred Fredrickson | 10/31/03
A half-true statement...  Rabid Conservative | 11/03/03
This ONLY works on M$ systems!!!!!!!  bchesmer | 11/01/03
Windows is the universal OS!  Bill Weisgerber | 11/02/03
why bother?  stephen732@... | 11/02/03
Another joker  NoB$ | 11/02/03
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Let me guess: another flaw?  The Real Bitch | 11/03/03
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Sounds like a Monty Python routine  Chad_z | 11/02/03
Huh?  Stu_z | 11/03/03
Hmm... Did somebody link the wrong story?  Rabid Conservative | 11/17/03

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