Re: VIRUS ALERT!
On 27 Apr 2001, at 18:20, Ted Fines wrote:
>
> Sorry about the vague term, "autoexecute". I don't think this word is
> actually used in any email client. Just meant it as a generalization...
"autoexecute" is accurate. Code hasto be run to display things, make links
hot-clickable, change fonts, download those fonts, fire up Adobe or Write or
whatever, etc, and some display engine hasto run it.
> In addition the other suggestions people have posted, I believe you may
> also need to turn off "Use Javascript" in Internet Options in Control
> Panel, or OE will execute Javascript in a message. The hassle of this is
> that you've just turned off Javascript in IE as well.
>
> Feel free to correct me on this, as I don't use OE. But I'm sure I
> remember an AV alert recommending this action.
The alert you say prolly also mentioned turning off ActiveX, and any other
scripting you can name. OE uses the IE display engine, which is as good a
reason as any to not use it, since there is still a major bug or backdoor
reported nearly monthly, six years after it was first released in win95.
Remember microsoft's audacity when they said all the bugs were fixed for
win98, and a couple months after win98 was released, there was a *bugfix*
that was megabytes bigger than all of *win95*.
Kat
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