Re: can clicking on forward open virus?
From: David H. Lipman (DLipman~nospam~_at_Verizon.Net)
Date: 03/03/04
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Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 16:58:07 -0500
Only if....
1. You have Preview Pane being used
2. The email is using a HTML exploit to launch the infector.
Dave
"MR" <mr@mr.com> wrote in message news:emP5avSAEHA.2576@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
| Hi, I have received an email from someone I do not know in outlook express
| who uses the same ISP as myself. I decided I would forward it to the tech
| support of my ISP. I did not open it. But I noticed that if I right click
| on the message, the option "forward" is possible. So I though that THAT is a
| good way to forward the message without opening it so that my ISP can check
| it out and see if it is a virus or such.
| Well, when I rt-clicked on it and I clicked forward, of course a new box
| popped up with all the headers ready for me to get it finished.
| However, when I did that, I noticed that it opened it up and I did not read
| it long enough to finish the forwarding. I just 'x' out. I than noticed
| that the email is not in bold faced (like when its unread) so I just marked
| it as 'unread' again. Did I open it without realizing it??? I have avg so I
| will probably scan for viruses. Please enlighten me as to what I did and if
| it might have caused any harm. I dont know 'yet' if this was a virus or
| just someone accidently sending me a email with no harm intended. thanks in
| advance
|
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