[plug] Mozilla Mail and virus

[Leon Brooks]

On Friday 31 January 2003 11:58 am, Mike Holland wrote:
> 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.

So the same piece of software (say, Nimda) might be a virus or a worm 
depending on its mode of propagation at the instant?

Cheers; Leon