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Re: [LUG] Ransomware
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- Subject: Re: [LUG] Ransomware
- From: Martijn Grooten <martijn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 14:52:51 +0000
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On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 12:10:19PM +0100, Neil wrote:
> This got me thinking. Up to now I have thought that any email
> containing malware would not cause any trouble unless you actually
> clicked on an attachment. Just opening the email was safe. Obviously
> I was wrong.
There have been a few cases of vulnerabilities in email clients where
merely viewing an email would execute malware, those have been pretty
rare. I did not see the programme, but I find it far more likely that
the person incorrectly remembered or described what they did.
Martijn.
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