Outlook Security

[Superfluous_Nut]

Okay, I'm a little disconcerted...

I've gotten two recent e-mails that popped up "open with" dialogs even though I didn't ask to open the attachments. It may be a bad setting on my part, but I don't think so. Is there some new leak in MS Security?

 

[mathmajors]

Originally posted by Superfluous_Nut
Okay, I'm a little disconcerted...

I've gotten two recent e-mails that popped up "open with" dialogs even though I didn't ask to open the attachments. It may be a bad setting on my part, but I don't think so. Is there some new leak in MS Security?

Those would probably be emails with the Klez virus. For the love of Pete, get some virus protection, Nut!

Had a whole slew of those come to me in the last 2 weeks, mostly from people I didn't know, and mostly from people with a well-know domain (i.e. hotmail.com, aol.com).

 

[Redcoat]

Outlook security.............thats a good one!

What freakin security....outlook is swiss cheese.

 

[Superfluous_Nut]

These seem to be different. They open without me doing anything. Before, it would ask me if I wanted to save or open and I would just cancel. Now it just goes ahead and opens them.

I think maybe my outlook got tweaked from my recent run-in... I just did a windows update, so maybe that fixed whatever hole they were driving that truck through...

 

[NormanNiner]

If you can, upgrade to Outlook 2002 (XP Version). Never had any more problems with viruses, and we get hit often.

 

[mathmajors]

Originally posted by Superfluous_Nut
I just did a windows update, so maybe that fixed whatever hole they were driving that truck through...

That's good to do too. And thanks for the reminder. Need to do that myself.