Tony Nixon wrote:
>
> Sorry for the OT and more virus stuff.
>
> I received some email the other day and all I did was single click a
> message and as soon as focus shifted to it, some sort of exe program
> executed, and I'm pretty sure i have a worm or virus or something
> although the latest VET doesn't report it. All I saw as a window open
> and close so quickly that I couldn't make out what it was.
>
> Can anyone tell me how to stop things like this happening with
> Microsofts mail program? I looked through the options etc. but can't see

Stop using the program?? The virus is exploiting a 'mouseover' activex
function in MS LOOKOUT!! (Outlook).

> how to make my mail just readable - not executable as it pleases.

You have to turn off ActiveX. The only way I've found to do that
is to nuke the DLL, which breaks a lot of Microsloth stuff.

Have you tried using Netscape or Eudora as your 'safe' email clients?

Robert

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