*The news release below is many weeks old, but I don't think many people are aware of this.... Reliable Software Technologies Releases Optimized Solution for Stopping Outlook Viruses JustBeFriends Stops Viruses Such as "I Love You" from Spreading via the rstcorp news release......... To help businesses avoid productivity and financial loss resulting from e-mail viruses, Reliable Software Technologies (RST) today announced that it has developed a software program that can stop viruses from automatically propagating via Microsoft Outlook e-mail. JustBeFriends.dll supports and enhances Microsoft's recently announced Outlook E-mail Security Update by monitoring the Visual Basic scripting engine's interactions with Microsoft Outlook and immediately identifying and terminating any virus attempting to propagate via e-mail. With this simple program, businesses can apply added security to their e-mail systems and avert the exponential spread of viruses and the resulting disruption of e-mail service and networking. Microsoft's update works by internally controlling access to a large number of functions used by Outlook, which can be used to gather e-mail addresses or send e-mail. Unfortunately, in order to prevent future e-mail viruses, this list of protected objects needs to be exhaustive. In contrast, JustBeFriends works by controlling the ability of other applications to access the popular Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express. In the event that the access comes from a script being run from the desktop or from an attachment, the access is denied. Otherwise, the user is asked to confirm that the application in question should be allowed access to Outlook. Microsoft's update is 8Mb for Outlook98 and 2Mb for Outlook2000. RST's JustBeFriends is 300K. Both successfully prevent the current crop of viruses from spreading. The simplicity and correctness of each will be what determines their effectiveness against future e-mail threats. JustBeFriends.dll will be available today for free downloading from the RST Website (www.rstcorp.com/justbefriends). More technical detail about JustBeFriends is available on the RST Website. JustBeFriends works on Windows NT and Windows 2000. JustBeFriends was developed at RST labs and uses technology sponsored by DARPA's ITS program - - Everything you ever wanted: http://theMezz.com/cyberguys Central New Yorkers!: http://theMezz.com/cny ---- post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] url: http://theMezz.com/informant forum: http://theMezz.com/bbs subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] notDigest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
