[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I think it's really an issue of user knowledge - most linux users are not
> going to just randomly open / execute a program just because they receive
it
> in their email. If you use a mailer like mutt or pine, it's pretty
unlikely
[snip]
Even us hybrids who use both m$ and *nix with have half a brain know enough
not to open executables from untrusted senders. I watched the first mail
from "Wilson" come in yesterday afternoon and merely deleted it as I braced
myself for the inevitable responses from all the virus scanners out there.
Stuff like this happens often enough here.
I hope nobody out there was naive enough to have opened the file and became
infected.
> Now we still haven't heard anything; does this list have an admin /
> moderator? Why isn't it closed to off list subscribers and why doesn't it
> reject all attachments?
This is not a moderated list and I think D.B. is probably too busy solving
*real* problems to pay much attention to these minor annoyances from one of
the toys he's created. He probably is not even aware what's going on..
