On Sat, 1 May 2004 12:09:32 +1000
Jake Anderson <grooveee@OPTUSHOME.COM.AU> wrote:

> >Windows computers partly because the email cients (applications) make it
> easy to
> >execute code (programs) that are received by email. And when a virus or
> worm is
> >executed, a lax security model (the OS) often allows it to take over.
>
> uhh no
> microsoft has made it basically impossible to open any form of attachment in

I'm glad to hear M$ has made improvements in Outlook. To be fair, I hardly use
Windows any more. I would like to hear from others how difficult it is to
execute code received from Internet sources, be it email or not, especially
compared to a Linux equivalent

FYI, to execute code received in an email using Sylpheed, my email clinent for
Linux, I have to deliberately select the attachments tab, right click on the
attachemnt, select "save as", then go to the folder where it was saved and then
set the execute bit before I can execute it. I would think the average "idjit"
would have trouble getting that far. Actually, I have never done it so I have
not tested it.

<snip>

David

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