On Saturday, January 18, 2003, 2:21 PM, you wrote: PC>> hmm, not sure I want to do that with HTML,
AM> Hmmm. If not, then how do you feel about browsing the internet? It's AM> the same html interpreter you're using. The same vulnerabilities AM> you're concerned about when opening the html attachment from your TB! AM> prevail when browsing web pages on the internet. The security settings AM> you enforce for your browser will work when opening HTML from AM> e-mails. good point, I forgot about the browsers security settings (or lack of:) AM> The checking of attachments when opening and saving them to file are AM> really for those who don't run a system real-time scanner at the same AM> time. PC>> I don't think it is necessary to change that, since I added the PC>> open "*.HTM" to the file type menu. AM> So, are you saying your problem is now solved? YES!! I was able to open that htm attachment! it was actually already in the right-hand pane where it said message.htm PC>> I deleted the NOD32 entry, left AVG. AM> How did this help. Did the errors disappear? no, but I feel better now? not sure why I had the NOD32 plug-in installed. PC>> ok, I'm not sure I understand. In TB you can add plugins. I don't PC>> have NOD32 installed, I just had the plugin setup in TB. AM> Having the NOD32 plugin installed, and NOD32 not installed on your AM> system could likely lead to errors. I can just imagine the plugin AM> trying to check an attachment and fails to find NOD32 on the system. AM> It therefore pops up a message that it's unable to check the AM> attachment and proceeds to prevent the opening of the unchecked AM> attachment. IMO, that's the right and safe thing to do. well, I never got an error message like that, just wouldn't open an HTM message without giving me the virus error message. Now it's beginning to BUG me, i really can't remember why I added the NOD32 plugin, I'm SURE I must have thought I somehow had a valid reason to add a second virus plugin... oh well , I guess it doesn't matter! -- Paul Using The Bat! v1.63 Beta/4 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
