On Thu, 1 Apr 2004, P Witte wrote:

> > 2. If using Outlook Express, make sure that the preview pane is closed, as
> > these worms install themselves even if you only preview the message.
>
> This may belong to the category "Famous Last Words", however I believe the
> above statement to be a myth. Unless a virus can somehow jump the species
> barrier and install itself via html, there is no way just pre-viewing a mail
> can infect your machine. Send me one to try!

These are famous last words. There is a netsky variant that can be
installed by merely previewing the email in the preview pane. It appears
as a sound file which is played automatically when the email is previewed.

OE -> View -> Layout -> uncheck 'Show preview pane'

http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/encyclopedia/overview.aspx?IdVirus=45926&sind=0

Dave


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