Re: [OT] links in posts

From: Me (me_at_privacy.net)
Date: 07/23/04 

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 08:16:17 +1000

Howard wrote:

>> Does just clicking on it activate the virus? I thought you had to
>> unzip the stuff inside and execute the contents?
>
> It depends. I think that it's possible to have archives automatically
> opened when downloading them, in which case you're hosed as soon as it
> downloads.

Fair enough. Luckily for me Winzip doesn't do that by default. :)

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