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Re: Email webbugs
From: "ezat_t" <ezyt () optushome com au>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 08:39:23 +1000
Does your test work?" Im very interested in this but getting ----- Original Message ----- From: "abuse" <postmaster () getinfo org> To: "Focus-MS" <focus-ms () securityfocus com> Cc: "VULN-DEV@SECURITYFOCUS. COM" <VULN-DEV () SECURITYFOCUS COM>; "BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS. COM" <BUGTRAQ () SECURITYFOCUS COM>; <win2ksecadvice () LISTSERV NTSECURITY NET> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 10:12 PM Subject: Email webbugs
One of the things that has always bothered me about Outlook Express and Outlook is that they are susceptable to webbugs. Basically there are no options to block confirmation of your reading an email so any spammer can verify that your address is active as long as they can get you to just
view
an email. A lot of people have difficulty understanding exactly what this means so I set up a demonstration page at http://www.nthelp.com/OEtest/oe.htm in an attempt to raise awareness of this nonsense and get MS to do something
about
it. I don't know if other email programs like Eudora and Netscape are vulnerable to email webbugs so if anyone tests those please let me know
the
results. Anyway, I've made the test site available to the public now so if you want to check your email reader, feel free. Geo.
Current thread:
- Email webbugs abuse (Aug 27)
- Re: Email webbugs Peter Pekala (Aug 27)
- RE: Email webbugs Dom De Vitto (Aug 28)
- Re: Email webbugs Mariano Vassallo (Aug 28)
- Re: Email webbugs James Robbins (Aug 28)
- RE: Email webbugs Dom De Vitto (Aug 28)
- Re: Email webbugs Peter Pekala (Aug 27)
- Re: Email webbugs ezat_t (Aug 27)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Email webbugs Javier Palomares Lopez (Aug 27)
- Re: Email webbugs edgar . mendez (Aug 27)
- Re: Email webbugs John Hicks (Aug 31)
- RE: Email webbugs Hicks, John (Aug 31)