Re: [Micronet] Unusual virus in email?

From: Cliff Frost <cliff_at_ack.berkeley.edu>
Date: Tue Aug 10 2004 - 13:00:04 PDT

Karl,

Wouldn't this also be a pretty persuasive argument against
sending HTML-formatted e-mail?

I've been looking for such an argument. ;-)

        Thanks,
                Cliff

>On Tuesday 10 August 2004 12:45, Michael Rimar wrote:
>
>> virus/worms are attachments which are (?) separate files. Are there
>> cases of malicious code simply inserted into the text/body of the
>> message?
>
>Yes, which is why not rendering HTML-formatted e-mail messages is a good
>idea.
>
>--Karl
>
>Karl Grose
>IST-WSS

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