[GTALUG] Heads Up
Kevin Cozens
kevin at ve3syb.ca
Wed Jul 13 15:31:59 EDT 2016
On 16-07-13 01:43 AM, ac via talk wrote:
> Just started seeing many email attachments with .html active
> javascript ransomware in base64 fully loaded anyway this is going
> to be the new normal, disabling javascript on email clients as filtering
> these will be challenging)
>
> so, if you are not using mutt or custom email (like moi) I would
> strongly suggest not opening any .html attachments without disabling
> Javascript
I set my email program to treat all my mail/mailinglist messages as text
only. I don't need to act like a web browser and show me nicely formatted
pages as I have a separate program for that.
Viewing messages as simple text means you don't should not have to worry
about any attempt to include something other than simple text.
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