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From: "Theresa Greene Reed" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Virus or what?? Preview
Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 03:57:46 -0400
References: <ALEFIIBIFFDHGDMAIPBACEBMCFAA.kdransom@earthlink.net>


Hello Kirk,

THANK YOU !! Thank you for one of the most important messages I have ever
received on this board. I have received several viruses and worms. McAfee
VirusScan warned me each time, but not before the virus started to download.
I was fortunate to be able to delete them before the downloading progressed
too far, and I was not infected. I now know, based upon your message, that
these events would not have happened if I had known to turn off Outlook
Express' preview feature. I didn't know it could be turned off. I shall do
that from now on.

What do you mean by ". . . the ability to display html or web pages in the
body. This feature is turned on by default and you can tell if it is on if
you see messages with web page features." ? What are html or web page
features, and how can I recognize them? Can you be more specific?

Theresa
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kirk Ransom" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 7:18 AM
Subject: RE: [TMG] Virus or what?? Preview


> Both Susan and Darrell have made a point that needs to be emphasized.
Both
> Outlook and Outlook Express (these are two different programs by
Microsoft)
> have a "preview" feature where the bottom half of the window will display
> some of the body of the message. Outlook, the big brother of Outlook
> Express, also has an auto-preview feature which will show the first three
> lines of each body in a list fashion.
>
> The Preview pane of Outlook Express and the auto-preview feature actually
> open the message - the same as if you opened it with a doubled click. Now
> another neat feature of both Outlook and Outlook Express is the ability to
> display html or web pages in the body. This feature is turned on by
default
> and you can tell if it is on if you see messages with web page features.
> The KLEZ virus has embedded html that triggers when opened (or previewed)
to
> launch the feature. You can see this by right clicking on the body - even
> the blank body - and selecting View Source. View Source will only show if
> the body has html.
>
>
> In Outlook Express, to turn off the preview feature go to View on the menu
> bar and select Layout... In Outlook also go to View on the menu bar and
> deselect Preview Pane or Auto Preview.
>
> There are patches from Microsoft for both Outlook and Outlook Express to
> prevent this auto triggering of html on a message open. Just run Windows
> Update (from the Start button, either in that list or on the Settings
menu)
> to retrieve the updates. If you have not done this recently, or at all,
do
> it several times to get all the updates. Then run Windows Update weekly.
>
> And update your antivirus program daily.
>
> Kirk Ransom
> Minnetonka, MN
> looking for Ransom, Kirk, Duncan, Austin, Pool, Graves, Pierce, D'Auria,
> Vanderwerken, Sterling.

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