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FAX a virus
From: Alcides <alcides.hercules () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 10:07:19 +0530
Hi lists, My FAX server allows me to receive faxes from my clients from Internet.My clients send me some documents using their built-in Fax Printer on their PC. My fax server routes the stuff to the document processing applications. The document processing system extracts various data fields from received portable document format files. The whole scenario is windows environment and let's assume that virus protection is temporarily off.
Now, I have a query:Can anyone send a fax that includes a file infected with the virus/ worm operates as a VBS script embedded within a PDF/TIF file to cause infections to my computers/ to affect my FAX system? What about other possibilities of "the bad guys" using some joiner (or wrapper as some say) to bind malware (trojan server etc) with the pdf/ TIF files and fax it to me?
I would be very greatful to know what are the various possibilities. Warm regards, Alcides. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is sponsored by: BigFixIf your IT fails, you're out of business - or worse. Arm your enterprise with BigFix, the single converged IT security and operations engine. BigFix enables continuous discovery, assessment, remediation, and enforcement for complex and distributed IT environments in real-time from a single console. Think what's next. Think BigFix.
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- FAX a virus Alcides (Mar 01)
- RE: FAX a virus Scott Ramsdell (Mar 02)
- Re: FAX a virus Robert Wesley McGrew (Mar 02)
- RE: FAX a virus Craig Wright (Mar 06)
- Re: FAX a virus Shreyas Zare (Mar 07)
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- FAX a virus - Rhetorical and logical Fallacies Craig Wright (Mar 07)
- RE: FAX a virus - Rhetorical and logical Fallacies Steven Hess (Mar 07)
- Re: FAX a virus Robert Wesley McGrew (Mar 02)
- RE: FAX a virus Scott Ramsdell (Mar 02)
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- Re: FAX a virus anonymous (Mar 02)
- RE: FAX a virus Craig Wright (Mar 06)
- RE: FAX a virus Nick Duda (Mar 06)
- RE: FAX a virus Craig Wright (Mar 06)