From: Gregory Parkinson (glp@panix.com)
Date: 05/05/00-11:13:41 AM Z
On Fri, 5 May 2000, Wayde Allen wrote:
> On Fri, 5 May 2000, Rod Fleming wrote:
>
> > The KAKWORM virus, on the other hand, which was
> > distributed through the list recently, was of a type which does NOT require
> > that anyone executes it or opens the attachment- simply reading the message
> > in the viewing pane is enough to relase the worm.
>
> Care to provide a reference for this? I don't know of any viri that can
> propagate without being executed.
I had the same reaction and did a search for "Kakworm" and "virus".
Q: When is part of email executed when the user doesn't actively
ask for it to be executed?
A: When it's HTML in the text of the message.
Spooky.
Greg
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