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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=150484018-04052000>This is not
correct. Opening has different meanings (like the word "IS" does for Bill
Clinton <g>). If the virus package is in an attachment, then viewing
the message does not open the virus attachment and there is no exposure UNLESS
you open the attachment. If the message is a text message with the
attachment then no harm is done by viewing the text message in the viewer pane
(although there has been some talk of a way to include a virus in a text message
but I won't go into the details here - the probability of doing this is
exceedingly low). </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=150484018-04052000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=150484018-04052000>The real exposure
with email viewing comes form viruses driven by scripts (active-x or java) in
HTML format emails. I use Outlook 2000, but I believe that Outlook
Express is similar. Go to Tools|Options. Click on the Security
tab. In the Secure Content area select the RESTRICTED zone. You
can then click on zone settings to see the settings that are enabled. You
have the opportunity to customize these settings, for example, prompting you to
allow download of active-x controls instead of auto blocking them,
etc.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=150484018-04052000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=150484018-04052000>But you won't
know if an attachment contains a virus unless you are running a virus scanning
program that can tell you. Two days ago, I got a virus worm delivered to
me. It was a the (South Park) pretty worm.exe. I suspected it was a
virus package and confirmed it when I tried to save the attachment to my hard
disk. McAfee AV informed me of the virus name. Of course, AV
programs are only useful if you update your signatures on a regular basis.
I do so weekly.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=150484018-04052000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=150484018-04052000></SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2>JW<BR></DIV></FONT>
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<DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> listmanager@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:listmanager@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Dick
Crotinger<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 04, 2000 10:41 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
<realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx><BR><B>Subject:</B> [RT] Re: Question about
viruses<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV>Outlook Express has to open the message to show it in the viewer.
Once you've seen a message with a virus (but only this particular kind, for
example, the Kak worm), you're hosed...</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>... unless you protect yourself.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Go to <A
href="http://www.microsoft.com/update";>www.microsoft.com/update</A> and load
in the currently available "required" updates to your system. This may
take a while, but part of it will fix the bug(s) in Internet Explorer which
allow this problem to exist.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Then, when you view a virus infected message in the viewer, an alert will
pop up to the effect that the message is infected, but the virus is not
instantiated.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Good luck...</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Dick Crotinger</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:bogeybunky@xxxxxxxxxxxx"; title=bogeybunky@xxxxxxxxxxxx>Bill
Daniel</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";
title=realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 04, 2000 10:10
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [RT] Question about
viruses</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Arial size=2><STRONG>In Outlook Express there
is a preview window that shows the contents of an e-mail. Is this the
same as opening the e-mail and thus exposing your system to potential
infection or do you actually have to open the message for reading to be at
risk?</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Arial
size=2><STRONG>Thanks</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Arial
size=2><STRONG>Bill</STRONG></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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>>This is not correct. <<
Well, JW, I beg to differ, but won't get into a pissing contest about it.
Some of what you said was correct, but I stand by what I posted.
If Outlook Express users will apply the Microsoft upgrade, as I suggested,
they will not be bothered by the virus which Bill Daniel was asking about.
I see the virus occasionally (rarely) when I view an infected message in my
viewing pane, and KNOW that Outlook Express will detect and identify this
virus and keep it from infecting my system. It doesn't do that with viruses
in attachments, of course, but that's not what Bill was asking about.
And I don't run any virus scanners in the background.
thanks,
Dick Crotinger
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