[Mimedefang] Re: Unsafe file types

David F. Skoll dfs at roaringpenguin.com
Mon Dec 1 14:54:04 EST 2003


On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 WBrown at e1b.org wrote:

> RTF(rich text files) can be opened with Micro$oft Turd, but they do not
> have the ability to carry embedded macros the way a .DOC file can.  They
> are far less dangerous.

I believe that the original poster meant you coulde rename a .DOC file to
.RTF, and it would be opened by Word, macro-viruses and all.

Regards,

David.



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