Re: OT:Not a virus Hoax
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- Subject: Re: OT:Not a virus Hoax
- From: "* b* c* <b*@atlantic.net>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 15:14:53 -0400
From: "william b. cook" <billc@atlantic.net>
Ted,
I know that 99.999% of these messages are untrue, but it sounds
credible enough to cause some concern. I will not post this to the Robin
(Forum?), but if you feel it warrants posting, please do. The fellow who
sent this asked that it not be forwarded to perpetuate a chain. I trust
your judgment with this.
This post will be followed with a second post giving the URL for more
information on the subject from the San Jose Newspaper. If you find out it
is a hoax, let me know.
Were there no new members this week?
Mark A. Cook
billc@atlantic.net
Dunnellon, Florida.
Chad.Schroter@qntm.com>
>
> Today our local paper (SJ Mercury News) reported that Finnish researchers
> have discovered a "hole" in many popular E-mail programs including
Netscape
> and Microsoft Outlook Express. Some companies have published patches on
> their respective websites that address the problem, if you are not sure
you
> may want to try to contact your company. The nature of the hole is that
the
> message headers contain the destructive operations and it includes an
> attachment - however downloading the attachment is not required to
trigger
> the action. In fact just deleting a message w/o reading it is not
protection
> enough under some SW.
>
> To date no-one has identified such an EMAIL message so don't panic, but
try
> and find out if a patch is required for your SW.
>
> Please do not repeat or forward this message - I am not trying to create
a
> chain here.
>
> Chad Schroter Firmware Design Engineer
> Quantum Email: Chad.Schroter@qntm.com
>
>
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