[ ARC forum 2 ]
Written by Ralesk at 29 Jan 2003 23:05:15: Re: Context, context ...
As an answer to: Context, context ... written by Paul B. at 29 Jan 2003 13:16:47:
>> On the other hand, either of us can be infected by worms (Klez.* and other nice stuff for example), which might send virus containing emails by themselves.
>Tee hee! I can't!
>But of course you are right - if someone was e-mailed a virus similar to Klez, bearing AJ's "address", it means only that that address was in the address book of the person who was previously infected with the virus. To the extent that AJ uses Hotmail, that can't be his fault anyway (an "advantage" of Hotmail?).Hotmail, schmotmail :P
Yahoo is a cool service --- and I don't really think you could get virus through it unless you package it very well and the other side is dumb enough to accept the file and unpack it.