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BadBunny? Only if you invite it in

BadBunny? Only if you invite it in

Posted Jun 21, 2007 19:55 UTC (Thu) by TehNamless (guest, #45584)
Parent article: BadBunny? Only if you invite it in

It's also worth noting that Tectonic stated the situation the best: "On MacOS X and Linux platforms the virus also relies on the user executing either the Ruby scripts or XChat scripts, which most security-conscious users will not do. On Windows the automatically executing Javascript file may be more of a threat."

I myself have macros disabled for this sort of thing, though I also never just on a whim download attachments.


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