Re: Exploit code for PalmOS

[gswallow () AI ORG (Greg Swallow)]

On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Philip Rowlands wrote:

> IIRC, the Palm defaults to "Beam Receive On", in order to receive
> electronic address cards, applications etc. It may be possible to
> transmit a malformed address card to cause the Palm to crash or lose
> data.

Mmmmmmm...infrared virii.  Imagine--a virus that automatically spreads
through the IR port *and* changes the channels on any TV set it has IR
codes for to 666 (or 66 if the TV doesn't have that many channels). Sounds
like fun.  Aren't Furbies IR-capable?

  Greg Swallow -- Assistant System Administrator (whew!) -- Access Indiana
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