Re: Spam

Newbie Coder wrote:

Most Malware comes in EXE format anyway. So you can just tick the
checkbox about disallowing unsafe extensions


Malware comes with lots of different extensions. Making such assumptions
about what it is dangerous and what is not is extremely dangerous.


& then you cannot
save/execute it anyway. Plus if you have a decent firewall & not
relying on the Windows XP SP 2 one that will block it from also being
executed


The Windows XP firewall (which didn't begin in SP2, by the way) *is* a
decent firewall, and does a good job of protecting you against inbound
intrusions. Its main weakness is that it doesn't protect you against threats
in the other direction--rogue programs trying to call home.

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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