[plug] Mozilla Mail and virus

[Mike Holland]

On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Craig Ringer wrote:

> Mozilla is not affected by any known worms, or security holes that would 
> allow worms to spread - so its not like Outlook, its not a worm-magnet.

As I hear the jargon, worms actively propagate across the network, using 
holes in servers. Web browsers dont get worms, servers do.

  Of course, javascript bugs in a browser (for example), can let in 
viruses which lauch worms into your LAN, under the firewall.

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