Gary Kjos
garykjos at gmail.com
Fri Dec 11 09:11:23 CST 2009
Well my understanding was that if the page displays in the preview pane and there is some kind of HTML badness in it, then that HTML would execute. I think that might have been patched but I'm not sure. If you search on "Outlook preview pane virus" you will find lots of info on it including these http://support.microsoft.com/kb/261255 http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/antivirus.asp http://www.appsynthesis.com/techtips/articles/187%20Outlook%20-%20Previewing%20Email.htm http://apcsnh.com/vacm/previewpaneoff.html GK On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Susan Harkins <ssharkins at gmail.com> wrote: > Yeah, but is their complaint valid. If so, I need to offer some kind of > explanation. I really don't know what they mean by "automatically open." > Criminy... it IS Microsoft, they would have something so easy to screw up... > > Susan H. > > > >> If they had a decent security program it wouldn't matter what they had >> outlook do. > > >> In a recent blog, I showed the readers how to disable the automatic "read" >> setting -- you know how Outlook bolds messages until they're "read?" >> >> So, there's a simple setting that still allows you to view the message in >> the Reader Pane, but doesn't unbold the message header. >> >> Well, I've got a couple of readers who are claiming that this >> "automatically >> >> opens" the message and allows viruses in. >> >> They might be right, but I admit I'm confused. Anyone know what they're >> talking about? >> >> http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/msoffice/?p=2354&tag=leftCol;post-2354 >> >> Susan H. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com