Spoken like a true M$ hack

Post #20,311 by bbronson 12/5/01 9:35:04 AM Reply	Spoken like a true M$ hack "What's that? You say our program has defects? Well, we vehemently deny that, but, if you'll just fork over wads-o-cash and upgrade to our latest version, all your problems will go away. Really. We mean it this time. What's that? You say we promised that with each of the last 73 patches and upgrades and that was wrong? Well, we got it right this time, trust us." Sorry Andread, your promises ring just a tad hollow given M$'s history. Brian Bronson
Post #20,313 by andread 12/5/01 10:08:07 AM Reply	Well Brian I have received quite a few Goner virus messages at my office I am using Outlook XP When you click on the attachment, you get a message saying that the execution of a potentially dangerous attachment is blocked Thus the virus did not infect my computer You can argue about whether the new features in Outlook XP constitute overkill but they can hardly be called promises A Play I Some Music w/ Papa Andy Saturday 8 PM - 11 PM ET All Night Rewind 11 PM - 5 PM Reggae, African and Caribbean Music [link\|http://wxxe.org\|http://wxxe.org]
Post #20,325 by Andrew Grygus 12/5/01 11:04:59 AM Reply	I've clicked on those attachments for years . . . . but they all refuse to run under OS/2. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #20,348 by jb4 12/5/01 1:34:54 PM Reply	chuckle jb4 (Resistance is not futile...)
Post #20,350 by inthane-chan 12/5/01 1:44:40 PM Reply	You can do the same thing under Office 2k. I don't remember right now, but there is an option (that you must tweak yourself) to prevent the execution of all scripts and executables. The fact that this is even necessary does, to me, indicate a fundamental flaw in the system however. "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Post #20,418 by boxley 12/5/01 8:58:25 PM Reply	not a new feature, available since day 1 they just made it the default behavior instead of a savvy user having to figure it out. Glad to see improvement. thanx, bill tshirt front "born to die before I get old" thshirt back "fscked another one didnja?"
Post #20,420 by mhuber 12/5/01 9:06:23 PM Reply	It's going to take the bad guys almost a week to figure out how to avoid tripping the XP danger check. The good guys, I trust, already know how but haven't done it yet. ---- "You don't have to be right - just use bolded upper case" - annon.
Post #20,485 by inthane-chan 12/6/01 1:00:48 PM Reply	There's more to it than that, actually... It basically blocks out any executable content. If somebody installed a scripting system on the computer that used a non-standard extension, then you might be able to sneak through that, but you wouldn't be guaranteed of catching most windows users. "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

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