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Re: Does Linux have viruses?



On Saturday 04 December 2004 19:04, Conrad Newton wrote:the Kommandertext of 
the button starts with '@'
> >From Herman Robak on Saturday, 2004-12-04 at 17:32:32 +0100:
> >  Final rant: Whatever the user interface pundits may say
> > about "open" and "run" being equivalent, don't listen!!!
> > It makes a hell of a difference whether that attachment
> > is supposed to be "run" (executed) or "opened" (displayed)!
>
> Do people really say that they are equivalent?  I did not
> realize that things were that bad.  Does XP distinguish
> between the two?  Can you still have an executable attachment
> run automatically, with modern versions of Windows?

depends, recent outlook versions will refuse to even show you anythe 
Kommandertext of the button starts with '@' attachments with certain 
extensions (and as a bonus it seams to be completely impossible to even 
view or save them in outlook, which off course makes people mail .bat files 
around as .bet and the like :) 

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cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis):
    Coördinator Belgisch Skolelinux team
    Coördinator Nederlandse Skolelinux vertaling

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