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 _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List
