Re: Blocked Files
- From: "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <msnewsreplies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 13:50:58 -0400
Greetings,
It is a feature of SP2; these "blocked files" are also mirrored in Outlook Express and any
other application supports SP2 Attachment Execution Service (AES).
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"Peter" <Peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I still can't work out the exact reason for the extensive list of blocked
> files.
> I know that some of them are to stop the virus from spreading, but other
> extensions (i think .mp3 and .avi come to mind) i've never heard of having
> viruses in.
> So why have they blocked all of these?
> Is it an anti-piracy ploy?
> Is there going to be a relaxation of these, maybe disabling the ability to
> disable the warning message about receiving files, then at least MS can say
> "we did warn you"
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