Re: Downloaded a Critical Service Pak (1)

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From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospamcableone.net)
Date: 04/16/04 

Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 09:19:46 -0600

Greetings --

   Outlook Express' default security settings are simply trying to
protect you. OE has no way of telling whether an attachment actually
contains a virus or not, so it temporarily blocks any of those file
types that could potentially contain a virus. In Outlook Express,
Tools > Options > Security, uncheck the "Do not allow attachments to
be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus" option, assuming
you trust the source, of course. The wiser course of action, however,
would be to modify your list of unsafe files, as outlined in the KB
articles below:

Cannot Open E-Mail Attachments in OE After You Install SP1
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q329570

Information About the Unsafe File List in Internet Explorer 6
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;291369

OLEXP Using Virus Protection Features in Outlook Express 6
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;291387

Bruce Chambers 

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"Charlene" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:46F21E33-7074-4536-8430-73CB134D21F4@microsoft.com...
>I downloaded a Critical Service Pak (1) and now I can't open any 
>attachments, unless I go to the Tools, Options, Security, and UNCHECK 
>the box that "will not let attachments be opened pending a virus is 
>there." Now, what can I do to go back to the normal system, without 
>loosing the updates that I have... or still making my system SECURE, 
>and with a better PERFORMANCE like the Service Pak perpetuated to me.

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