Due to vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, Outlook (and possibly Eudora!) may activate emails if you have "Preview" enabled. Therefore, you do not need to physically open an email, or run any attachment to become infected. Internet Explorer 6 (and 5.5 sp2 I believe) are not susceptible to this method of infection... or at least, this particular virus, simply by previewing the message. Earlier versions ARE. Eudora may also be affected, depending on your Internet Explorer version, because you have the option to use "Microsoft's Viewer" to view emails. For those who don't want to fork out the money for a virus killer (like, they're not really expensive), then make sure you are at least using the latest Internet Explorer, and that you do not have "Auto-Preview" email set as an option. This isn't going to make you immune to virii, but it is going to reduce the risk. J. At 18:53 01/12/2001, Ross Viner wrote:
The e-mails I received did not indicate there was an attachment - BUT THERE WAS. I suspect what has been happening here, is some people did not see an "icon" therefore assumed there was no attachment. But when asked to open anything, they said yes - not thinking it was in reference to an attachment. To further the issue, they MAY have settings that automatically open attachments (hidden or not).
I know some disagree, but I still think you have to ACTIVATE a virus. That is at least open a file, that contains the virus. Outside of small lesson I learned a little while back, I've never been infected. And I open all kinds of e-mail. But if it prompts me at all to open anything else, I say "no" and delete the mail immediately.
As for the virus I encountered I still never got infected as when prompted to open the attachment (even though there appeared to me no attachment) I declined, deleting the e-mail immediately. Lesson in point, if you are suspicious at all of an e-mail, that acts or looks strangely at all, simply decline any prompting asking you to open it (or anything else), and permanently delete the mail in question.
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