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Re: Misplaced flamewar... WAS: RE: in case nobody else noticed it,there was a mail worm released today
- From: Stephen J. Wilcox
- Date: Thu Jan 29 01:35:33 2004
> I suspect the skill set/clue of RH users is at least an order
> higher that windows users.
really, based on experience that would be surprising, rh is now so easy to get
and install, securing it is still problematic for most users
> The main problem I see is many e-mail readers default to having
> the preview plain open and this will then run any app it finds.
> No clicking required.
hmm i've not checked, i thought this virus came as executables so you need to
click a couple boxes before it will run,.....
Steve
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> James Edwards
> Routing and Security Administrator
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