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"Serious though, some one from a9dgha@yahoo.com sends you a attachment that's an exe but claims it's a video of Paris Hilton and you automatically open it??? That's a stupid as eating that half hot dog you see on the street with mold on it and wonder why you got food poisoning. That's just stupid."

What's the harm? Admittedly, I don't waste time on the spam (except to tune my filters) but the worm-mail is harmless. It's just a binary attachment, and the mail client asks me if I want to save it to a file or open it (dialog box for application to open file.)

Now, admittedly, my mail clients don't confuse "open" with "execute." I'm funny about that kind of thing. Personally I'd consider any MUA that executed attachments fundamentally broken and anyone who used crapware like that to be (speaking charitably) of dubious judgment. Sort of like browsers that execute junk off the Web -- no way am I going to have garbage like that on any of my systems.

Then again, I only use software from sources who understand fundamental design issues like that and wouldn't be caught dead producing software that broken -- so it all comes out OK.
Posted by: Yagotta B. Kidding   Posted on: 01/27/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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MS should apply antivirus thru patches  dg mh | 01/27/04
Best plan ever  Letophoro | 01/27/04
will m$ indemnify their customers?  stephen732@... | 01/27/04
Sarcasm missed  Letophoro | 01/27/04
no sarcasm intended  stephen732@... | 01/27/04
virus should be named "m$doom"  stephen732@... | 01/27/04
Thoughts  gmyx | 01/27/04
Mostly a user problem not an OS problem  scidhuv00 | 01/27/04
Not quite  zen_dogen | 01/27/04
Actually..  d_jedi | 01/27/04
Re: Mostly a user problem not an OS problem  issthatso | 01/27/04
Security was not designed into many products  Sunny Jalolly | 01/27/04
Quick Fix  nite_w0lf | 01/27/04
or perhaps...  stephen732@... | 01/27/04
Fact, some users are as dumb as a rock.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/27/04
You're right..look at how many run Windows  SloooeShflu | 01/27/04
So, what you are suggesting is...  vferrara | 01/27/04
Windows Users are dumb  voska | 01/27/04
Rocket science  Yagotta B. Kidding | 01/27/04
Can't help but wonder....  vferrara | 01/27/04
Only people who know how drive can drive  voska | 01/27/04
Hey voska!!  nite_w0lf | 01/27/04
Intelligence???  libertyaikido | 01/28/04
Good point  bhanes@... | 02/03/04
We'll let you tell that to...  BitTwiddler | 01/27/04
I do, CONSTANTLY!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/27/04
Message has been deleted.  SloooeShflu | 01/27/04
They do know better  voska | 01/27/04
No internet no e-mail  scidhuv00 | 01/28/04
re: No internet no e-mail  Wolfie2K3 | 01/28/04
Correct, axe...  mvaar | 01/27/04
To quote Einstein (of E=MC^2 fame)  betelgeuse68 | 01/27/04
On Spam  voska | 01/27/04
Good idea! I'd take it a step further...  Yen_z | 01/27/04
Why not?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 01/27/04
Actually it's more like saying  voska | 01/27/04
Food poisoning  Yagotta B. Kidding | 01/27/04
That's true.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 01/27/04
tens of thousands of computers remain infected  Tammee | 01/27/04
psst...  stephen732@... | 01/27/04
this is funny you should read  mattfrand | 01/27/04
Wrong, Tammee  Yen_z | 01/27/04
Exactly but...  Tammee | 01/28/04
Naturally ... Microsoft will claim it's not their fault  George Jay | 01/27/04
re  XunilLinux | 01/27/04
XunilLinux!!  nite_w0lf | 01/27/04
Windows Does that  voska | 01/27/04
I didnt say This Might Be  nite_w0lf | 01/27/04
why?  stephen732@... | 01/27/04
Reply  mattfrand | 01/27/04
Response ...  George Jay | 01/28/04
Blame Game  Aknot | 01/28/04
illogical and irrelevant  Oakman7111 | 02/01/04
2000/05/28:Microsoft Applications Security  David Mohring | 01/27/04
Lets remove the delete key then(nt)  voska | 01/27/04
Why Isn't Microsoft responsible  mattfrand | 01/27/04
Hmmmm  quietLee | 01/28/04
Honestly  mattfrand | 01/27/04
MS should be liable for gross negligance due to sheer number of virii ...  Plain Logic | 01/27/04
Here's a clue  Oakman7111 | 02/01/04
The spread of viral code directly damaging SCO.  xbee | 01/27/04
viral code damage SCO???  thomasmac | 01/30/04
It's an ATTACHED EXECUTABLE  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 01/28/04
Attached executable  dnmott@... | 01/28/04
Don't TEND...  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 01/28/04
"Average/normal" Windows users are incompetant?  MarcB_z | 01/28/04
Most of them can spell incompetant  Oakman7111 | 02/01/04
So, basically...  Yen_z | 01/28/04
Wrong villain....  quietLee | 01/28/04
(NT) Lindows changed from 'everyone is root' some time ago :o)  Jack-Booted EULA | 01/28/04
There are no costs associated with this outbreak. microsoft say so.  jellyclock | 01/28/04
Info  SCJames | 01/28/04
Ultimate Linux religious FUDster_prankster  quietLee | 01/28/04
You got that right  Oakman7111 | 02/01/04
mydoom and mac  foxii2000 | 01/28/04
One good thing about MyDoom ---  rbrucecarter | 01/28/04
free antivirus  empty_z | 01/30/04

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