Re: Virus Scripts opening from e-mails

From: Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] (suemvp_at_outlookcode.com)
Date: 03/24/04 

Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 09:04:52 -0500

Outlook does not execute script in HTML messages unless you have a really
old version of Outlook 98. Most viruses spread by tricking the user into
opening an attached file. There are, however, some email virus exploits that
involve vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. If your copy of IE is
up-to-date with all security patches, everything should be fine. If,
however, it's not, I'd scan that system for viruses ASAP.

Sounds like your user needs a seminar in safe computing, though. 

-- 
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
     Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
     Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
     http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
"IS Administrator" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:fcec01c411a5$0d5c8620$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> A user here received an e-mail here yesterday in spanish
> and even though they cannot read spanish felt it was
> necessary to open. It had a few attachments which she
> avoided, they looked like pictures and the body of the e-
> mail was blank except for at the top of the message a few
> phrases in spanish were flashing. What is the likely hood
> that it is some sort of virus that executed a script on
> her system? How common are e-mails that execute these
> scripts and how dangersous can they be. Also most
> importantly how can we stop these scripts from executing
> when an e-mail is opened?
>
> Thanks

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