On Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 02:35:56PM +0100, David Snowden wrote:
> Is the list of extensions based on known viruses, or on
> extensions which could potentially be used for viruses?
A mixture of the two, AIUI.
> Would it be possible for an attachment with a .eml suffix to
> be used to deliver a virus?
Yes, and indeed, this was one of the vectors for CodeRed propagation (or
was it Nimda, I forget). It was the one that had about 5 vectors. Including
attaching the .eml file, or downloading it from the infected website.
MBM
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Matthew Byng-Maddick <mbm@???> http://colondot.net/
