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----- Original Message -----
From: "Glen Wallace" <gcwallace@xxxxxxxx>
To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: OT viruses and Outlook 5.5
> Brian:
>
> There have been several weaknesses identified and patches released over
the
> years relating to malicious ActiveX and Java scripts. You should run
Start |
> Settings | Windows Update regularly to ensure you have all of Microsoft's
> security patches installed.
>
> Personally, I have all ActiveX and Java scripting disabled for Outlook
> Express, and I have Internet Explorer set to confirm scripting. I decline
to
> accept scripts from sites I do not inherently trust. Disabling it will
> sometimes result in web pages not creating properly or, in some cases, at
all.
> If you trust the site and really want the information, you can just
refresh
> the web page and accept the ActiveX script. Kind of a pain, but what's a
guy
> to do.
>
> If you're interested in learning more, Georgi Guninski's site can be found
at
> http://www.guninski.com/
>
> Regards.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Haviland" <BHaviland@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 9:14 AM
> Subject: OT viruses and Outlook 5.5
>
> > Article about a weakness in 5.5 that might allow someone to take over
your
> > computer from the outside! Yikes! (8^o)
> > http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-3786758.html?tag=st.ne.1002.bgif.ni
> > Question for the cognoscenti: should one disable all the "ActiveX"
options
> > as well as active scripting further down on the list. In what way might
> > disabling these things cause problems? Would I get a message saying a
given
> > download or whatever needed to have one of these functions so that I
could
> > turn it on temporarily?
> > Thanks,
> > Brian
>
>
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