Couple of things - my company uses Outlook 2000, not Express, and Outlook is as vulnerable as OE. And I do not have a pick. Second, for these type of worms you usually do not need to open the attachments, they are usually embedded in the email which get run automatically. I think this particular one you need to open it, but I received many viruses in the last 3 weeks (3-4 per day) and almost all of them were embedded kind. to be sure, delete all email in Outlook that has the subject Re: and has an attachemtn. Turn of preview pane before selecting the email otherwise you will run the virus regardless.
cheers, Evrim > -----Original Message----- > From: R Sriram [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 9:07 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: EOS: [OFF TOPIC] Fwd: High Risk Virus Outbreak > > > \rant{ > I can't understand why people don't have the sense NOT to use outlook > express when there are other (free & safer) mail software > available. OE has been one of the main causes of virus attacks. And, > after all these years, these guys still continue to open arbitrary > attachments! I think they deserve what they get. * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
