================================================ Subject: Re: virus alert bad bad From: "Tara" To: Date: Tue 15 May 2001 09:48:53 -0400 ================================================ Outlook Express is kind of notorious for letting viruses in... there's a security flaw in the preview pane (not to mention that the preview pane is like an amusement park for viruses), although Microsoft did release a fix for it. I think the default setting for Outlook Express allows HTML, so the safest thing to do is set it to receive only in plain text. ----- Original Message ----- From: DebbiR To: Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 9:37 AM Subject: Re: virus alert bad bad > Yeah, > > I'll just add that most are sent via outlook or some other popular > client - plain text clients have been spared the lot of the virus > attacks. I also don't open any attachments I don't know are coming. > I've been known to write back to people saying, "what the **** are you > sending me here?" Especially if the subject line is squirrelly, like > "Check this out!" yeah right. > > Also, before I open ANY attachment (even those I trust) I run it thru > the virus checker. I'll "save to disk" rather than "open" and then > navigate to that file using my explorer and (at least on my machine) > right click the file and choose "scan for virus". > > Tara's right, though, that the more you know about Email viruses, the > easier it is to avoid them. Oh, and opening your mail and seeing > multiple messages with the exact same subject line is a dead give away. > > > Hope this helps, too. > > DebbiR > > -----Original Message----- > From: Creed Discussion List [mailto:CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM] On > Behalf Of Tara > Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 5:52 AM > To: CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM > Subject: Re: virus alert bad bad > > > I don't know much about juno... do you get e-mail in html, or is it text > only? Safest thing to do is to set it to text only, because there's no > way (thus far, at least) to pass a virus through plain text e-mail. > Usually viruses are sent as attachments, so the safest thing to do is > not to open any attachments with a .exe extension or an extension you > don't recognize. A lot of people say "Just don't open attachments from > people you don't know", but that can backfire on you. Some viruses > (like the "I Love You" > virus) automatically send themselves to everyone in your address book, > so it's possible to be sent a virus from a friend without them meaning > to. Also, scan any attachments you get before you open them. The > extensions I can think of to specifically watch out for are *.exe and > *.vbs - those seem to be the most common virus extensions. A couple > good pages to check out for more information are > http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/vprimer.htm (a virus > primer) and http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/safe_computing/ (tells you > how to set your computer in the safest way). Scott would normally be > the person who'd handle a question like this, but since he's sleeping, I > decided to try and help out... hope I succeeded. Tara > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Lisa G King > To: > Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 4:01 AM > Subject: Re: virus alert bad bad > > > > question for anyone: > > > > with juno you only delete after it is opened. What do you do then, or > > is it only through outlook that a virus can be passed? > > > > Lisa King wanting to be prepared for a non hoax > > > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, > visit: > > http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, > visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: > http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp