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Hi Brian my way around it is, I have an empty cookie file that I copied
when I first loaded the browser when it gets out of hand i just replace it
with a fresh one. : Jo...
Brian Haviland wrote:
> Glen,
> But the 'restricted sites" settings only effect those sites designated as
> such on that panel, no? Wouldn't you have to know the site that was going to
> send you the virus for this to do any good? Am I missing something? If I
> were to set all the "Internet" panel options to disable I would think I
> might be safer but it would make for difficult browsing. For a while I had
> just the "prompt before storing cookies" option because I didn't like all
> the stuff piling up in my hard drive, but it made me too crazy with the
> prompt coming up all the time. Any ideas?
> Thanks,
> Brian
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Glen Wallace" <gcwallace@xxxxxxxx>
> To: "Omega Listserver" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "MetaStock listserver" <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 9:46 PM
> Subject: Re: VIRUS ALERT
>
> > > > The Trojan horse program, which is hidden in an HTML (hypertext
> > > > markup language) format e-mail message, carries two attached files
> > > > that are executed automatically when an infected message is opened on
> > > > PCs running Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system and e-mail
> > > > client software such as Outlook.
> > >
> > >
> > > Yet another reason NOT to use LookOut. Or any other "smart" mailer.
> > > Personally I use Pegasus. It works just fine for 98% of the emails I
> > > get. A few of them don't display with the pretty wallpaper and other
> > > foo-foo, but most of those are spam anyway. And in NO case is that
> > > wallpaper critical to the content. Meanwhile Pegasus is too "stupid"
> > > to get infected by script virii like this.
> > > And it's free. http://www.pmail.com
> >
> >
> > And one of the reasons e-mail list etiquette says you don't post using
> > HTML. Regardless, Outlook Express allows you to change your settings
> > to not allow scripts and other such instructions to run. Users who
> regularly
> > receive HTML mail should go to the Security tab in OE's Tools | Options...
> > and change the Security Zones setting to "Restricted sites zone." Now,
> > Win98's Restricted Sites Zone's settings still have some weaknesses, so
> > go to Internet Options in Control Panel, select the Security tab and click
> > on the Restricted Sites icon. Click the Custom Level... button and
> > change all the settings to "Disable", click OK, OK and exit from Control
> > Panel.
> >
> > These settings won't stop the execution of phone-home bugs in HTML
> > e-mail (you need a firewall for that), but it will stop a lot of the
> nasties.
> >
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