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Old 01-03-2004, 10:49
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echo j | format c: and Norton

Norton reacts to the line:

echo j | format c:

...but it's just a line of text. The software must be really poorly written. It thinks that the text is a virus.
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Old 01-03-2004, 18:04
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Actually, it even thinks your post is a virus. It keeps popping up a warning which I opened your post.

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Old 01-03-2004, 19:30
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well, it may format harddisk for german windows... That's why

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Old 01-03-2004, 22:49
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echo j | format c: is actually a virus operation

I had a problem with a virus 3 years ago Momma.something replaced my autoexec.bat with that line.
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Old 01-04-2004, 05:01
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well, it may format harddisk for german windows... That's why

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Do you mean j= Jaa (yes)

so for english it would be:

echo y | format c:
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yes, poorly written...
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Old 01-04-2004, 20:58
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Eeek. Does this mean then that if Norton was set to "auto-delete" virus-infected files, that someone could send an email with the above in the subject and delete the target users mailbox?
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Old 01-05-2004, 03:44
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Eeek. Does this mean then that if Norton was set to "auto-delete" virus-infected files, that someone could send an email with the above in the subject and delete the target users mailbox?
Wouldn't it only delete that specific email?

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Old 01-05-2004, 07:43
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depends - if it was in the attachment, yes, but if it ended in the subject, and managed to get into the inbox, then norton may try and delete the inbox file.

I think some experiments are in order.
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