On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 10:30, mike wrote: > I know this is actually a no...no... but sometimes I get these > emails meant for a windows box with attachments like joker.exe or > whatever. > > Anyways I dont open the attachments, but I view the message source > just to see what it looks like. I know :-| ....killed the cat. > > I did not ever have a problem until today I got 2 of them and each > time I viewed them X died with "client killed". > > So I copy them to a file and view them there with an editor. Ok no > problem so I open up my browser and do a search on some of > particulars like subject and attachments. > > I whined up at http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/ at a developers > forum and see a similar message there. > > I'm scrolling it in mozilla browser and it kills X again. > > What is happening? is viewing the text document in browser executing > some kind of java exploit? > > Should I report this to Source forge? Or am I compromized, I ran > chkrootkit and results were negative (nothing showed up). > > Thanks > Mike
Check your mail preferences and make sure that you only view the messages at TEXT instead of HTML => that is where the problem lies. -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389 illawarra and regional new south wales ----------------------------------------------- GNU/Linux/OpenSource Solutions and Alternatives 100% Microsoft Free :: Crashing is NOT an option. Registered Linux User # 267497 ----------------------------------------------- It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you place the blame.
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