Re: [OM] Virus Advice

[Garth Wood]

At 05:01 PM 7/25/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>But don't you have to click open an attachment to get the virus started?


Yes.  Mass-mail Trojans aren't "self-starting" -- they depend upon the 
curiosity of the user to actually click on the file to start it up.  Such 
curiosity is almost guaranteed with a large enough group of recipients.

*THEN* the virii go to town...

Garth


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