Re: [ql-users] Virus alert (No, not a hoax !)

[Timothy Swenson]

At 07:06 PM 6/22/2001 +0200, you wrote:

>Suffice to say, that last month about 80% messages were in search of
>a solution for an MS Outlook problem and now the next purely MS problem.
>IMHO this can be either because MS does have only braindamaged users or
>because the software is braindamaged.

I hate to continue this off topic issue and I dislike Microsoft as much as 
the next person, but the real Outlook issue is that the default options for 
Outlook are very unsecure.  Most users are not aware of the security 
features and trust the default options, making themselves vulnerable to a 
trojan horse attack.  The main rule is to not execute any attachment.  By 
default Outlook can execute code without any acceptance by the user.  A 
very bad default option.

A nice "brain dead" mail reader like Pine is the best thing to use, as it 
makes no assumptions about what the user wants and treats all attachments 
the same (and does not execute them).  Simpler mail readers are much better 
than the more "advanced" readers.

Tim Swenson