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Re: Was it "Sir Cam"


  • To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
  • Subject: Re: Was it "Sir Cam"
  • From: patrickl@xxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 22:06:40 -0000
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--- In ukha_d@y..., "Keith Doxey" <ukha@d...> wrote:
> I NEVER use the preview pane as we have had several virus
infections at work
> by that means.
>
> When NIMDA was at its worst we also disabled Javascript in the
browsers as
> one of its methods of propagation was to popup a window at
6000,6000 (about
> 6 feet below the floor by my calculations) and run the virus script.
>
> Thats why I was using what I believed to be a safe interface via
Yahoo.
>

I read then Virus mails through the Yahoo! groups web interface in
IE5.5 under Win2k. Like you, Keith, I experienced browser address bar
strangeness, but neither Norton Antivirus with latest updates or the
fixsircam.com thing have detected anything amiss subsequently, so it
seems that it is safe, at least for my config.

Patrick



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