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Re: Hi
From: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 11:41:29 -0500
On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 20:22:52 PST, Marc MERLIN said:
As far as I'm concerned, every day that people continue to use outlook when it is known to have *sploit/infect me* written all over it, is a sad day. What I love the most is "Well, I know it catches and spreads virii and sends my confidential office documents to just about anyone behind my back, but I really like it"
My personal favorite is the "Out of Clue autoresponder" that tells me all the following: 1) The person just announced to all and sundry on a worldwide mailing list that they will be skiing until Dec 22, so burglars are welcome until then. 2) And their X-Mailer tag tells all the miscreants who are not into burglary exactly which methods of delivering an e-mail based trojan will work, in case you wish to e-mail them an attachment that opens the victim's financial software and transfers all the money in the checking account, and then install a keystroke recorder to snag credit card numbers. Yes, these are usability features. Just not for the owner of the software ;) -- Valdis Kletnieks Operating Systems Analyst Virginia Tech
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