Hello Alexander, Wednesday, January 5, 2005, 2:00:42 PM, you wrote and sent the following:
> I think the company you're working for should think about its security > strategy, and not just about the mail program... It was a while ago, but attachments come in all the time. No security policy is perfect, and it was one of those viruses that exploited OE and Outlook's VB support when the preview pane was enabled (if I remember correctly, the ones that triggered effectively automatically a few years ago, remember?). Most AV's are after the fact, after the discovery, but not before. And it did force them to look at what they could have done differently, hence the discussion about switching e-mail clients. You can't stop people from sending you e-mail, but IE, OE, and Outlook sure don't help, they aren't in the "easy to control and still remain usable" category. Ditching them all should be part of any security policy! :) Now with password protected zips with the password in the body... no-one and nothing can protect you against stupidity (what was that quote, human intelligence is limited, but not its stupidity?). -- Andrew Using The Bat! 3.0.1.33 On Windows XP, 5.1 Build: 2600 ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.0.1.33 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
