Tripe publishing hits New Scientist (with apologies to tripe). My apologies if this is old news to those who have to support MS Outlook (zzzzz - woops it's happened again). Yep, i just switch off on the mention of MS + virus, but I pass it on just in case you get accosted by the PHB's. Anyway, the current issue of New Scientist 9/12/2000 on page 14 starts off "Hidden agenda, Deleting attachments won't save us from a new breed of virus. Malicious computer viruses hidden inside plain text messages ...." and the shock, horror crap goes on. So, if your PHB comes to you asking about it, don't worry, it is NOT true, it is not new and it is yet another MS hole. MS Outlook allows for the sending of help files (*.chm), which outlook automatically opens and which surprise, surprise can contain script/code. This may be of use to those who want to oppose MS solutions at their site - YAMSSL - yet another Microsoft security lapse. http://www.newscientist.com/nl/1209/ is the online part, but a quick look could not find the story online. -- Terry Collins {:-)}}} Ph(02) 4627 2186 Fax(02) 4628 7861 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://www.woa.com.au WOA Computer Services <lan/wan, linux/unix, novell> "People without trees are like fish without clean water" -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
