On 17/01/02 David Champion did speaketh: > Viruses/worms can be embedded in a .pif file. The point of using .pif > is that Windows software frequently considers it to indicate executable > content that should be automatically executed when double-clicked. > Irregularities in the PIF data can cause the OS to run other code. > SIRCAM rides this horse, in addition to others.
Such things are harmless, if inappropriate to this list. Lets not forget
however, that Mutt recently was found to be susceptible to a buffer overflow
that could be spread through an email, no? Thankfully it was quickly patched,
and thanks to Debian, I had it upgraded before I knew about the exploit.
Was that exploit as dangerous as recent MS Lookout! virii? Just curious.
Mike
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