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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Virus Update
"Eric A. Hall" wrote: >> >> Many mail programs (including Netscape Communicator) have no VBS >> support in them, so they can not execute virusses like this one. > > Netscape relies on MIME type mappings. If there's a type defined > (which there is if you have Windows Scripting Host installed) then > it's an executable attachment. Right-click, "open in new window." I stand corrected. I just tested it by writing and mailing myself a VBS file. It opened, ran and was able to write my output file (after approving it in the "security warning" dialog.) I assumed that NS would treat VBS like executables. With an EXE attachment, you don't get the choice of launching it - the SaveAs dialog appears immediately. I think I'll inform NS that they've got a bug. They should be treating VBS like EXE and COM files. -- David
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