[vox-tech] Linux's Vulnerability to E-mail Viruses

Ryan vox-tech@lists.lugod.org
Wed, 24 Apr 2002 21:49:23 -0700


Erm, well, that doesn't work right in kmail, but if your email client wen=
t by=20
mime types, you'd see....

[ryan@bob ryan]$ ./diagram.gif
Don't run suspisious attachments!


On Wednesday 24 April 2002 09:45 pm, Ryan wrote:
> You mean like email viruses? They aren't feasable, you'd have to post o=
ne
> on a linux mailing list or something to get one passed around.
>
> See the attached diagram for more info.
>
> On Wednesday 24 April 2002 09:21 pm, Richard S. Crawford wrote:
> > I'm operating under the assumption that while viruses for Linux that
> > spread like Windows viruses are very rare, there are still some out
> > there.
> >
> > So, given that, what level of vigilance is necessary against incoming
> > viruses in a Linux system?