Re: Can a virus invade through direct chat? Reply: VB6.NET Ednote ?

[africanj]

From: <africanj60@hotmail.com>
To: s
"Shannon" <se_eckert@hotmail.com>

In reply to your question which is not stupid at all. I am becoming serious
over VB6 applicability you have explain in security.internet. Most importantly,
I suggest to check Visual Basic Community, in devX Vb Zone, MS Restores VB6
functionality to VB.NET newsletter article in below URL. Behavior of Boolean
operators Microsoft intended to change and AND,OR, not Or operators can sneak
in W32.Mimail.A@mm. These are able to be restored into previous functionality,
however, both logical and bitwise, as has a operator precedence. In plain
words, e-mail can clog and short-circuit capability is removed and reassigned
to other operators. This conflicts with VB style of declaring arrays. Not
even Dim a(10) arrays but Dim i(8) too. As the result, nostalgia trip back
into our Computing past may occur within seamless transition from our VB6
to Visual Basic.NET software.

http://archive.devx.com/free/newslet...ote.040601.asp

Regards,







"Shannon" <se_eckert@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>I apologize if this is a stupid question, but ... If I write a simple chat
>program in VB6 to convey with a dozen personal aquaintances on the internet,
>is it possible, should one of them feel malicious, for him/her to introduce
>a virus to any one of the others using only the text strings passed back
>and forth between our computers?
>
>Any input appreciated ...

[Lori Piquet]

Hi,

Just a note to say that the URL posted below will only work if you take the
period out between the word "ednote" and the number. In other words,
http://archive.devx.com/free/newslet...ote040601.asp. And please
keep in mind that it is 2.5 years old (April 2001). There is likely more
current information available on the effect of those language changes.

Lori Piquet
DevX


"africanj" <enterprise.@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
news:3f3c7001$1@tnews.web.devx.com...
>
>
> From: <africanj60@hotmail.com>
> To: s
> "Shannon" <se_eckert@hotmail.com>
>
> In reply to your question which is not stupid at all. I am becoming
serious
> over VB6 applicability you have explain in security.internet. Most
importantly,
> I suggest to check Visual Basic Community, in devX Vb Zone, MS Restores
VB6
> functionality to VB.NET newsletter article in below URL. Behavior of
Boolean
> operators Microsoft intended to change and AND,OR, not Or operators can
sneak
> in W32.Mimail.A@mm. These are able to be restored into previous
functionality,
> however, both logical and bitwise, as has a operator precedence. In plain
> words, e-mail can clog and short-circuit capability is removed and
reassigned
> to other operators. This conflicts with VB style of declaring arrays. Not
> even Dim a(10) arrays but Dim i(8) too. As the result, nostalgia trip
back
> into our Computing past may occur within seamless transition from our VB6
> to Visual Basic.NET software.
>
> http://archive.devx.com/free/newslet...ote.040601.asp
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Shannon" <se_eckert@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >I apologize if this is a stupid question, but ... If I write a simple
chat
> >program in VB6 to convey with a dozen personal aquaintances on the
internet,
> >is it possible, should one of them feel malicious, for him/her to
introduce
> >a virus to any one of the others using only the text strings passed back
> >and forth between our computers?
> >
> >Any input appreciated ...
>

[Shannon]

Uhhhh ... with all due respect, and much thanks for taking the time to respond,
I have absolutely no clue what you said. Even your "in plain words" had
me gagging on my coffee. LOL.

So then ... can a virus somehow invade through chat text strings?