>     Olin, it seems incredible, but if you put a file like
> "dangerouspayload.gif.pif" the outlook will show you as
> "dangerouspayload.gif"...

Only if you have Windows (this has nothing to do with Outlook) set to
"hide known file types" or something like that.  That is an extremely
dangerous setting and it's totally irresponsible of Microsoft to set it as
the default.  It's one of the various things I always adjust when setting
up a Windows 2000 system.

>     AVG never let anything come to my system. It is updated daily
> (sometimes more than once) and NEVER EVER got anything, everything was
> blocked by it.

Well OK then, go ahead an open all the attachments you want!  No problem.
And I'm sure the AVG folks will personally come to your system and repair
any damage in case you got a virus before they did and were able to write
a fix for it.

>     Do agree with you, but two locks are better than one in 90% of
> happenings ;o)

That would be true if virus scanners were otherwise benign.  Unfortunately
they have to get into the system deeply and intercept things between
programs to do their job.  As a result they have various undesirable side
effects (how often have you seen software installation instructions tell
you to disable all virus software first?).


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