-=PCTechTalk=- Re: JS Fortnight B Trojan
- From: "Wyatt M. Portendt" <nunyabidness6@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 15:48:55 -0500
OE 6 supposedly will read messages as text, but I've read in other places
that it is not plain text, only unformatted HTML. I use Calypso, but there
are other plain text email programs. Foxmail, Pegasus, Eudora, TheBat, and
some others. I prefer Calypso. It isn't that big of a deal to have an
always on connection if you use (carefully) a good firewall and if you use
more than one computer online, run them through a router.
I've been on cable for about a year and have only had two attack attempts
that were both caught by the router/software firewall combination that I
use. When an attack is attempted, all internet activity is blocked for a
predefined period of time. The speed is worth the risks and with smart
computing the risks aren't all that severe.
On 6/8/2003 at 12:47 AM a whisper was heard, and the one known as Glo was
rumoured to have uttered....
| So Wyatt, I think I'm beginning to understand:
| are you saying there is no way to disable HTML in Outlook
| Express, that is why you use a different mail program? And
| that's the reason OE is so vulnerable, because of it's
| inability to disable html? And what is the mail program you
| use? I'm going to get a cable connection and am trying to do
| everything I can for security since I'll be "online" all the
| time. Maybe that isn't such a good idea... Glo
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: Wyatt M. Portendt
| To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
| Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 7:11 AM
| Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: JS Fortnight B Trojan
|
| The scripts can still run if HTML is enabled. They do nit
| come as
| attachments, they are imbedded in the HTML code of the
| messages. If you
| don't use HTML mail, you can eliminate a very large number
| of threats.
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