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I've been side lined for a week now by an email server failure at my ISP but
I've finally collected my old email and waded through it now. What I can not
believe is the number of emails during this time dealing with infected
machines and all of the nonsense about Outlook Express being virus prone. I
will mention again ... it is either lack of knowledge or lack of care which
causes machines running OE to become infected, not OE itself. I take a dim
view of so called anti-virus software and do not use the stuff yet I have
never had a machine infected in 15+ years of running PC's. There are some
email basics which will keep you out of trouble without resorting to virus
programs:
1) stay current with the Microsoft Windows Updates (see IE Help menu),
especially "Critical Updates" - you can even download a little applet which
will automatically notify you when new critical updates are posted.
2) use the preview pane in OE in lieu of opening messages - text and most
gifs can be easily read without opening the message
3) never, ever, under any circumstances open messages with attachments
without checking the attachment type (extension) by clicking on the
paperclip - if it's not a GIF, JPG, or EML don't open it.
4) never, ever, under any circumstances open/run any EXE file (email, floppy
or otherwise) which has not been acquired from a reputable software vendor.
Some of my best friends send me what they believe to be cute little
executable jokes and they all go directly to the trash can without being
run.
Earl
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