Word wouldn't be the process sending out the emails in that case. It would be the MAPI spooler. Word would be the suspect if you were accessing the internet from Word itself, but the macros fire up MAPI. This is my understanding, someone correct me if I'm wrong.
-----Original Message----- From: P. O'Malley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 10:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Zonealarm Question Ok I hope that this doesn't turn into a ZoneAlarm sucks use BlackIce or a You shouldnt use Outlook debate... This is just a question that I was wondering if anyone had thought about or run into. Here is the scenario: I have ZoneAlarm Pro Loaded I am using Outlook 2000 as my mail client I have MS Word 2000 set as my default email editor I receive an email with a hyperlink I click on the hyperlink, ZoneAlarm Pro prompts me to let MS Word access the Internet I click yes and remember this answer Latter I receive a document as an attachment that is infected with a macro virus mass-mailer (for sake of this question lets assume that the virus is new and my anti-virus definitions will not catch it) Since I have already told ZoneAlarm to always allow MS Word to access the Internet will it allow the virus to access the Internet and send out multiple copies of it self? Thanks In Advance _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
