Re: Yet another Mass e-mail worm TM - Gibe-F/Swen-A - E-mail from Microsoft

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Date: 09/21/03 

Date: 21 Sep 2003 21:40:02 +0200

alun@texis.com (Alun Jones [MS MVP]) writes:

>[If MS didn't exist, and we were all using Linux, these guys would _still_
>save attachments out to the disk, drop into a shell, and execute away!]

No, these guys (and gals) wouldn't, because it would be too
complicated for them - they'd never get it right. Think child-proof
bottles. 

-- 
The first entry of Sin into the mind occurs when, out of cowardice or
conformity or vanity, the Real is replaced by a comforting lie.
  -- Integritas, Consonantia, Claritas

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