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From: Evelyn Hendricks <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Virus or what?? Preview (OT)
Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 15:49:16 -0400
References: <3CCF54A6.5CE7B25F@reigelridge.com><ALEFIIBIFFDHGDMAIPBACEBMCFAA.kdransom@earthlink.net><4.3.2.7.2.20020430084154.00c35b40@pop3.norton.antivirus><004501c1f085$b64b7680$8eb00150@oemcomputer>
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Sam,
When we are visiting our son I use Web Mail, provided by Earthlink, to
collect and read my mail. I noticed that this time, while using his
computer, that I received two letters that I suspect were viruses. I was
really hoping that I had not infected his machine. He uses his mostly for
business, and this is his busy time of the month. A virus now would be a
catastrophe. I did open one of them before realizing that it was infected.
Do you think that his machine is safe since I was using Web Mail? That
works by going to the Internet, typing in the address, and checking web
mail. The mail stays on the server until I return home and download it with
Eudora, or unless I delete at the time from the web page.
Evelyn

At 11:34 PM 04/29/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Sorry for jumping in at such a late point in this discussion, but what a
>lot of computer pros (whatever that is) seem to do is get a web-based
>email account, such as Yahoo for mailing lists and only use their personal
>email address for very close friends and relatives. The web-based email
>doesn't come onto your computer - you are viewing it on the server. Ergo,
>the virus doesn't make it to your computer.
>
>In my case, my ISP provides the capability to view my email on the web
>thru a web page by using my username and password. I check my mail on the
>web and delete any containing viruses or appearing suspicious. Most of the
>Kleez viruses are around 125K in size, which is one tip off what it is. I
>delete them while they sit out on the server, and they never get onto my
>computer. Then I access my email from Eudora and download all the messages
>I haven't deleted from the server. The viruses never get to my computer.
>
>I have also found that if I open the virus attachment on the web, I got a
>"page can't be displayed" which is another indication of the virus. I have
>Norton, but very little makes it to my computer. I have no idea what the
>web server does to handle it. :-)
>
>Sam
>
>At 10:36 PM 4/30/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>>Caroline Gurney wrote:
>>
>> > Susan Taylor wrote:
>> >
>> > > Soooo what I'm trying to say, folks should not feel safe just because
>> > > attachment containing E-mail is being filter off. Still don't open any
>> > > message in a HTML viewer for it may contain an infected embedded file.
>> >
>> > You are quite right. The HTML aspect was covered in the original message
>> > from Kirk Ransom, to which mine was an addendum.
>>
>>I'm confused. I thought the issue with not opening attachments was a security
>>hole in MS Outlook and OE that let attachments formatted in a certain way be
>>made active even if not opened. The comments about HTML suggest that
>>malicious
>>code can be produced in HTML. I hadn't been aware that HTML had ability to
>>accomplish any dastardly deeds. Has someone actually found a way to do that?
>>
>>Terry Reigel
>>
>>
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