[KLUG Members] Fw: Concept Virus / Nimda

[Jamie McCarthy]

richard@knbpower.com (Richard Zimmerman) writes:

> As pointed out by George Guninski's advisory last year,
> .eml files WILL EXECUTE if viewed in IE 5.0 or higher
> (unless the browser has been patched by a microsoft update
> since December 2000, I believe)

Or unless it's running on a Mac.  I just get an error.  This
is not an Internet Explorer problem, it's a Microsoft Windows
Internet Explorer problem... the Mac team has been competent
about not throwing in the usual Microsoft grab-bag of security
problems with every build.
--
 Jamie McCarthy
 jamie@mccarthy.vg