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Re: [Full-Disclosure] Email



On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 04:04:26 PST, D B <geggam692000@yahoo.com>  said:

> I wish for someone from experience to explain to me
> why any virus can infect any mail server / user  when
> those administrating a mail server can make a mail
> server handle mail in the manner I pasted a snippet of

The "cannot be represented" wasn't done by the mail server, it
was generated that way by MyDoom itself, and is a big chunk of why
it was so successful.  It *conceals* the fact that it's an executable
binary and gives the user a plausible reason why they should open it.

> The message cannot be represented in 7-bit ASCII
> encoding and has been 
> sent as a binary attachment.

"Wow, I wonder what it is.... <click click>".

Social engineering at its finest.  :)


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