On Wednesday 30 July 2003 20:06, Delirium wrote:
I don't see how an HTML message could possibly contain a virus, unless you have a horribly broken mailreader. It's simply markup, like SGML or TeX or whatever (or at least, the mail reader should treat it as simply markup, certainly not as executable code). Tracking software I'll agree is an issue, but I don't expect anyone on this list to be including image bugs in their emails.
An HTML message can contain a JavaScript program, or an iframe with an executable in it. Klez spreads by sending HTML messages with executables in iframes, though Klez is filtered out before it reaches my inbox.
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