Closed Bug 273944 Opened 20 years ago Closed 20 years ago

When importing an email account Thunderbird 1.0 creates a nsmail.eml file that has the HTML/IFrame@expl virus.

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Migration, defect)

x86
Windows XP
defect
Not set
critical

Tracking

(Not tracked)

RESOLVED INVALID

People

(Reporter: rreichard, Assigned: mscott)

Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0 When importing an email account from Eudora into Thunderbird 1.0 a file named nsmail.eml is created that Command antivirus reports as having the HTMP/IFrame@expl virus in the C:\Documents and Settings\USERID\Local Settings\Temp\ directory. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Import accounts either at the initial setup or from the Import item in the Tools menu. 2. Select email 3. Select Eudora Actual Results: Command antivirus reports the infected file. The only way to remove the file is to restart in safe mode. It can then be moved to a floppy. Virus could execute malicious code but has not so far. Expected Results: No virus report
Summary: When importing an email account Thunderbird 1.0 creates a nsmail.eml file that has the HTMP/IFrame@expl virus. → When importing an email account Thunderbird 1.0 creates a nsmail.eml file that has the HTML/IFrame@expl virus.
So you're importing a message that has a virus in it. I can't see how this is a valid bug.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 20 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
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