To: mlmr
Downlood Outlook 6 and Internet Explorer 6 from Microsoft (it's free) and install it. (Back up valuable data files first, as with any major install operation.)
Next, there is a setting that you can change, I believe in "Security", to force HTML e-mails to display as "Text Only". HTML e-mails may contain executable code, this setting prevents the code from executing.
Also recommended is the setting to prevent potentially risky file attachments (.exe, .com., .bat., .doc etc. files) being transferred from Outlook to any directory on your computer. When you receive a file attachment that you expect from a known correspondent, turn off this setting so that you can save the file attachment.
Good luck!
21 posted on
12/09/2002 8:30:47 AM PST by
tictoc
To: tictoc; mlmr
Good advice. You should also close the 'preview' pane.
This will stop the code from executing and it's the easiest thing to do. It's also the biggest security flaw.
Click on View | Layout and de-select Preview Pane.
It's really that easy and should be shipped that way.
Have fun.
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