TO ALL PPL. USING OUTLUCK :
switch to another email client. use netscape, eudora or whatever. but dont use outluck. damn, is it really so hard to do that ??
For a lot of people it is a corporate standard and they HAVE to use it. That said if you apply the latest patches from microsoft (choose "windows update" in internet explorer - it doesn't send info to microsoft so do it even if you have a pirate copy) then you won't have any of these issues - it blocks access to attachments and scripts so you have to make a real effort to open them.
cheers
mark
hello,
as you have noticed, the myparty worm made its way to the pd mailing list despite the virus scanner i have installed - the virus was sent out before i got the new virus identification from sophos.
because obviously the idetifications are released after a worm spreads in the wild a virus scanner can not offer much security when new species are coming out.
therefore i kindly ask you to a less exploitable program then outlook - if you use outlook your security updates may still come too late as it was the case with my mail scanner ...
norbert
On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, mark wrote:
TO ALL PPL. USING OUTLUCK :
switch to another email client. use netscape, eudora or whatever. but dont use outluck. damn, is it really so hard to do that ??
For a lot of people it is a corporate standard and they HAVE to use it. That said if you apply the latest patches from microsoft (choose "windows update" in internet explorer - it doesn't send info to microsoft so do it even if you have a pirate copy) then you won't have any of these issues - it blocks access to attachments and scripts so you have to make a real effort to open them.
cheers
mark
I know that MSWindows is rather like a sieve when considering security - although I suspect much of the viral attacks are directed at MS products specifically for polital or other reasons. With the exponential growth in worms in recent times (I have been hit many times via Outlook) I chose to go with Pegasus Mail and I am pleased with the result. At the very least, you can download headers only and cast a judicious eye over the subject lines, senders etc. For this reason I avoided, as far as I can tell, infection from the recent "myparty" worm.
Is there no facility within Outlook Express to retrieve just headers? I couldn't find it. I'm sure it would go a long way towards screening malicious emails assuming (as ever) that the user observes such precautions. I'd be interested to know if it's possible. (I note the recommendation below regarding patch updates).
--Richard
On 29 Jan 2002 at 13:44, Norbert Math wrote:
hello,
as you have noticed, the myparty worm made its way to the pd mailing list despite the virus scanner i have installed - the virus was sent out before i got the new virus identification from sophos.
because obviously the idetifications are released after a worm spreads in the wild a virus scanner can not offer much security when new species are coming out.
therefore i kindly ask you to a less exploitable program then outlook - if you use outlook your security updates may still come too late as it was the case with my mail scanner ...
norbert
On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, mark wrote:
TO ALL PPL. USING OUTLUCK :
switch to another email client. use netscape, eudora or whatever. but dont use outluck. damn, is it really so hard to do that ??
For a lot of people it is a corporate standard and they HAVE to use it. That said if you apply the latest patches from microsoft (choose "windows update" in internet explorer - it doesn't send info to microsoft so do it even if you have a pirate copy) then you won't have any of these issues - it blocks access to attachments and scripts so you have to make a real effort to open them.
cheers
mark
I read:
I know that MSWindows is rather like a sieve when considering security - although I suspect much of the viral attacks are directed at MS products specifically for polital or other reasons.
oh come on, think a second time about it, it's _not_ political reasons, that's like saying unices have a steeper learning curve because m$ wants it to be that way ;)
the reason why those weird worm writers choose outlock users as their target audience is primarily that the monoculture of loads of outlucks + lots of cluesless users make their 'product' spread fast as lightning.
consider writing a worm targeting procmail or even worse elm how far do you think that one would get ...
it's like
hi how are you! here are some pictures of my last holydays. you find this little tgz archive attached, could you do a ./configure && make && su -c make install ?
scnr
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