Reg wrote:
> But aren't attachments closed files that would need to be opened in order to
> activate a virus? Even if you agree to a prompt to save an attached file, it
> seems that file would be inert until one opened it. If you trash an infected
> file before opening it, it seems you should be safe.
Is the act of opening always so crearly delimited? I thought that the fancier
mailers would just "decode" the attachment and show it in the form appropriate
to it. If not, then I recant.
-m
> But aren't attachments closed files that would need to be opened in order to
> activate a virus? Even if you agree to a prompt to save an attached file, it
> seems that file would be inert until one opened it. If you trash an infected
> file before opening it, it seems you should be safe.
Is the act of opening always so crearly delimited? I thought that the fancier
mailers would just "decode" the attachment and show it in the form appropriate
to it. If not, then I recant.
-m