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Re: Internet Speed
Christopher Hunter wrote:
> [ste parker] wrote:
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>> That's all fair enough, but, assuming what I've been reading is correct,
>> if you don't actually run the executables containing the storm worm then
>> you don't get infected, therefore it doesn't matter whether the virus
>> definitions are up to date or not.
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> If a Windows user gets an e-mail from a friend (a "trusted" source), he'll
> open it - in some cases it'll get opened automatically. Game Over!
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> There are also serious vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer - just browsing
> a suitably crafted web page can infect a Windows machine. Also Game Over!
>
Not using IE isn't the hardest thing in the world to do, neither is
setting an email client to not auto-preview. I've yet to see an email
I've received in Thunderbird automatically try to run anything on my
Windows system just by opening the email anyway (if you've information
that proves otherwise I'd be happy to read it though!), and so it comes
back to manually running an executable. Game over can admittedly easily
be reached, but it can also easily be avoided.
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[ste]
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