preview pane?

If you are using the preview pane in OE to read mail or posts in NG, are you
succeptable to a virus/worm executing on your machine? Does the nai system
screen the pane before opening? What about using IE with mail or posts?
thank-you

--
James David Jordan

Michel
Tue Sep 23 10:55:35 CDT 2003

Make sure you have the latest and patched version of OE6.
In Tools | Options | Security
under the "Virus Protection" section,
make sure these boxes are checked:
"Warn me when .."
"Do not allow attachments ..."
"Restricted sizes zone" is checked.
This last setting will protect you from any in-lined scripts executing in your emails.

Also you can disable the preview pane by
View | Layout
and the "Preview Pane" checkbox.

- Michel Gallant
MVP Security

"James D. Jordan" <jexp3@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:eeGuVGZgDHA.2748@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> If you are using the preview pane in OE to read mail or posts in NG, are you
> succeptable to a virus/worm executing on your machine? Does the nai system
> screen the pane before opening? What about using IE with mail or posts?
> thank-you
>
> --
> James David Jordan
>
>

Torti
Tue Sep 23 11:44:48 CDT 2003

James D. Jordan schrieb:

> If you are using the preview pane in OE to read mail or posts in NG, are you
> succeptable to a virus/worm executing on your machine?

Taken from the header of your message:
> X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200

You have to update Outlook Express at least to 6.0 SP1 immediately!
The old version will help worms to install just while the mail is opened
or read using preview!

Or take a more secure email programm, independent from Internet
Explorer, e.g.:

http://texturizer.net/thunderbird/

--
Regards, Torti

James
Tue Sep 23 12:47:53 CDT 2003

I don't Know what schrieb means,but I encountred this recent problem and the
system performed properly in warning me to not open the 'mail delivery
failure' e-mail worm. The MS e-mail alert with attachment was not picked-up;
I knew that it was against their policy and hence a 'bogy'. I thought that
the AV system screens everything you open wheither it is a file or e-mail or
post. If you have the synch on it will download, but the AV will still
perform and you won't be able to access it without warning. What if you just
read off the server with synch-off? thank-you
Torti Schlumpf <tortischlumpf@arcor.de> wrote in message
news:bkpta0$s6l$1@online.de...
> James D. Jordan schrieb:
>
> > If you are using the preview pane in OE to read mail or posts in NG, are
you
> > succeptable to a virus/worm executing on your machine?
>
> Taken from the header of your message:
> > X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200
>
> You have to update Outlook Express at least to 6.0 SP1 immediately!
> The old version will help worms to install just while the mail is opened
> or read using preview!
>
> Or take a more secure email programm, independent from Internet
> Explorer, e.g.:
>
> http://texturizer.net/thunderbird/
>
> --
> Regards, Torti
>

sgopus
Wed Sep 24 00:12:41 CDT 2003

AV software should not be trusted completely, to screen
out ALL virus it must have the virus in it database.
I prefer to screen it myself, not depend totally on AV
software. I have been on the internet for quite some time
and so far the ONLY virus I caught was from work and it
was a simple word macro virus. I practice safe browsing
and a paranoid mind for virus if I didn't expect it, it's
gone! not opened! I try to keep current on the various
ways that virus infect your pc. Note I said TRY, it's a
bitch! these days it's a constant battle!



>-----Original Message-----
>I don't Know what schrieb means,but I encountred this
recent problem and the
>system performed properly in warning me to not open
the 'mail delivery
>failure' e-mail worm. The MS e-mail alert with attachment
was not picked-up;
>I knew that it was against their policy and hence
a 'bogy'. I thought that
>the AV system screens everything you open wheither it is
a file or e-mail or
>post. If you have the synch on it will download, but the
AV will still
>perform and you won't be able to access it without
warning. What if you just
>read off the server with synch-off? thank-you
>Torti Schlumpf <tortischlumpf@arcor.de> wrote in message
>news:bkpta0$s6l$1@online.de...
>> James D. Jordan schrieb:
>>
>> > If you are using the preview pane in OE to read mail
or posts in NG, are
>you
>> > succeptable to a virus/worm executing on your machine?
>>
>> Taken from the header of your message:
>> > X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200
>>
>> You have to update Outlook Express at least to 6.0 SP1
immediately!
>> The old version will help worms to install just while
the mail is opened
>> or read using preview!
>>
>> Or take a more secure email programm, independent from
Internet
>> Explorer, e.g.:
>>
>> http://texturizer.net/thunderbird/
>>
>> --
>> Regards, Torti
>>
>
>
>.
>

James
Thu Sep 25 00:29:59 CDT 2003

Hi Michel, I did these suggestions from various points in the vOE | vAV .
The "restricted size zone" and in-lined scripts executing in e-mail/post is
question. If the e-transfer is of any type in/out, AV screens it and so does
the server.?. I note that some of the posts are 156kb. That is the worm.
Most posts are 1-3kb. They (144+kb) will probably not be on the server much
longer. These are coming from some person here, but a robot on the mail
daemon outside of the NG. thank-you!
Michel Gallant <neutron@nspxistar.ca> wrote in message
news:#upZvsegDHA.2172@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Make sure you have the latest and patched version of OE6.
> In Tools | Options | Security
> under the "Virus Protection" section,
> make sure these boxes are checked:
> "Warn me when .."
> "Do not allow attachments ..."
> "Restricted sizes zone" is checked.
> This last setting will protect you from any in-lined scripts executing in
your emails.
>
> Also you can disable the preview pane by
> View | Layout
> and the "Preview Pane" checkbox.
>
> - Michel Gallant
> MVP Security
>
> "James D. Jordan" <jexp3@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:eeGuVGZgDHA.2748@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > If you are using the preview pane in OE to read mail or posts in NG, are
you
> > succeptable to a virus/worm executing on your machine? Does the nai
system
> > screen the pane before opening? What about using IE with mail or posts?
> > thank-you
> >
> > --
> > James David Jordan
> >
> >
>
>