>>I am not sure why everyone is blaming Outlook for this. Because only Outlook allows script to be executed just when opening the message. Outlook is the principal if not the only responsible for so many viruses all over the world.
>>I use Outlook almost exclusively and have not been infected with any virus. Good for you, because you know how to avoid being infected. The problem is not with people like you (or me) the people is with about 80% of idiots in the planet who beleive that since the have a product published by the biggest software editor it's got to be safe, and they have no idea what a security breach is, nor what a patch is. >>If you do not have a good antivirus application on you machine, no matter what you >>use, you stand a good chance of being infected. If you click on anything which looks sexy, yes, but with Outlook you don't even have to click. >>I have received dozens of these emails over the weekend, and all of them have a nice little text file attached telling me that Norton deleted the virus from the .exe that was originally attached. Big deal ! I don't even have Norton check my mail. it slows down and I'm perfectly able to delete the message by myself. The problem is not to delete the virus: the problem what it takes on my "bandwidth". >>Also, I do NOT have the preview pane opened just in case Norton misses it. Again, good for you, but obviously, dozens of people do not take thes precautions. >>Anyway, you cannot totally blame the mail client for getting infected. The problem usually is somewhere between the keyboard and the chair. Wherever the problem is, if Microsoft made a safer program, we wouldn't have to discuss about where is the problem ;-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=i:4:138021 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
