[muglo] Re: Fw: EXE viewer

  • From: "r.t. hamasni" <rthamasn@xxxxxx>
  • To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 18:46:34 -0400

I'dd be really cautious of exe files in e-mails 9 out of 10 times they are
virus's or trojans where it might seem harmless but they have left an opening
in your system.

Hypothetical question:
If you run destructive virus's (system level as well as hardware level) in VPC
what happens?

R.

Ralph Furmaniak wrote:

> > I'm getting tired of running down to my cold, dark basement where the PC
> is
> > (somehow it just feels right for it) and booting the mail program just to
> > view exe files.... Mostly film and sound clips attached to e-mail as
> opposed
> > to applications.
>
> This is not a general solution, but I think self-extracting archives in exe
> format can be opened by stuffit.
>
> Ralph Furmaniak
>
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