Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That was my point - the preview window has to be open - Personally - common sense dictates my actions - If I receive something from an email address i don't recognize and even if it's from the "list" but has an attachment - I delete it. That and a good updateable Anti Virus software usually makes all the difference. Cheers, Dave Original Message: - ----------------- From: Eric ericm@pobox.com Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 13:27:11 -0500 To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] Re: WARNING Dave: >My understanding has always been that unless you have your "preview" >window open in Outlook and you allow it to execute attachments; you >should be "ok" (not necessarily saying that you cannot attain a virus >but that you would actually have to execute the file in question). Outlook can execute scripts if the preview window is open without actually opening the email itself. And, since it can execute scripts embedded in html, you might unwittingly run a script on your local computer if you either preview or read the message...without doing anything to launch an attachment. Both behaviors are nothing less than pure evil, in my opinion. Search for cert advisories if you're interested in more. Or look at Microsoft's own security bulletins. Eric - -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html