full-disclosure - [inbox] Re: Re: E-Mail viruses

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From: p.nolan at comcast.net (Patrick Nolan)
Subject: [inbox] Re: Re: E-Mail viruses 

> Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
> 
> On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 13:36:10 CST, Curt Purdy said:
> 
> > ... Legitimate senders would rename the file, be it 
> > .exe .doc .jpg, indicate in the body of the message what the true 
> > extension is, and the receiver merely renames it...
> 
> So let's see.. the same bozos who read the text part of the 
> virus, get the password, and use that to unzip the rest of 
> the virus won't read the text part, get the rename to do, and.....

I was thinking a similar thought -- it's just the same bypass; renaming the
extension as using other text in the body to extract the attachment. In a
good scenario, the recipient checks with the sender via phone to verify what
was sent. 


Regards,

Patrick Nolan