[thelist] virus and readme.eml

[Bruce Heerssen]

Morbus Iff wrote
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> Yuppers. That would be so. When it gets spread through email, it's 
> README.EXE, when a webserver has been infected, it does the 
> README.EML, which is autodownloaded by Internet Explorer 5.0 (unless 
> you're patched).
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> You may want to email said webserver and let them know about Linux.

Truly a noble thought.  But every time I tried, there was no contact 
info. Which is hardly surprising considering that these servers have not 
been patched for very old holes.

-Bruce

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