I don't think I've seen this suggestion here, so here goes:
Change your program association defaults for VB Script files (under
View|folder Options, File Types tab) from Open to Edit. That way, instead
of executing the script, it'll open in a notepad window. If you have a
script you want to execute, you can right click and open.
This should stop some of the clueless from causing problems when they
double-click on attachments they don't understand.
Rocky
You might also check if you have .js and .jse, as well as .wsh files. These
are all scripts that default to execute on a double-click.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cal Frye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] LOVEYOU Virus, only MS Outlook?
>
>
> Len Conrad wrote:
> >
> > >Is MS Outlook the only client that automagically runs this thing when a
> > >user views the message? What other clients run this attachment without
> > >prompting?
> >
> > It's VBscript, so the mail client has to be capable of VBScript
execution,
> > and usually that mean .vbs extension associated with IE.
> >
> > Can outlook (all versions) execute .vbs w/o IE installed?
>
> Outlook 2K won't install without IE, although IE version 3 is
> sufficient.
>
> >
> > Can Eudora configured to used IE as its HTML viewer and/or with .vbs
> > associatet with IE also launch .vbs?
> >
> > Len
> >
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