Blocked Files

[Peter]

I still can't work out the exact reason for the extensive list of blocked
files.
I know that some of them are to stop the virus from spreading, but other
extensions (i think .mp3 and .avi come to mind) i've never heard of having
viruses in.
So why have they blocked all of these?
Is it an anti-piracy ploy?
Is there going to be a relaxation of these, maybe disabling the ability to
disable the warning message about receiving files, then at least MS can say
"we did warn you"

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings,

It is a feature of SP2; these "blocked files" are also mirrored in Outlook Express and any
other application supports SP2 Attachment Execution Service (AES).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2005 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

"Peter" > wrote in message
...
>I still can't work out the exact reason for the extensive list of blocked
> files.
> I know that some of them are to stop the virus from spreading, but other
> extensions (i think .mp3 and .avi come to mind) i've never heard of having
> viruses in.
> So why have they blocked all of these?
> Is it an anti-piracy ploy?
> Is there going to be a relaxation of these, maybe disabling the ability to
> disable the warning message about receiving files, then at least MS can say
> "we did warn you"

[Peter]

Is there a way to disable the blockedness?

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> It is a feature of SP2; these "blocked files" are also mirrored in Outlook Express and any
> other application supports SP2 Attachment Execution Service (AES).
> ____________________________________________
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2005 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>
> "Peter" > wrote in message
> ...
> >I still can't work out the exact reason for the extensive list of blocked
> > files.
> > I know that some of them are to stop the virus from spreading, but other
> > extensions (i think .mp3 and .avi come to mind) i've never heard of having
> > viruses in.
> > So why have they blocked all of these?
> > Is it an anti-piracy ploy?
> > Is there going to be a relaxation of these, maybe disabling the ability to
> > disable the warning message about receiving files, then at least MS can say
> > "we did warn you"
>
>
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Peter,

There sure is, just download and run the following .reg file:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/extfix.reg

You'll need to completely restart the Messenger client to see the change.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2005 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

"Peter" > wrote in message
...
> Is there a way to disable the blockedness?
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> It is a feature of SP2; these "blocked files" are also mirrored in Outlook Express and any
>> other application supports SP2 Attachment Execution Service (AES).
>> ____________________________________________
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
>> Associate Expert
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2005 Jonathan Kay.
>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>>
>> "Peter" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >I still can't work out the exact reason for the extensive list of blocked
>> > files.
>> > I know that some of them are to stop the virus from spreading, but other
>> > extensions (i think .mp3 and .avi come to mind) i've never heard of having
>> > viruses in.
>> > So why have they blocked all of these?
>> > Is it an anti-piracy ploy?
>> > Is there going to be a relaxation of these, maybe disabling the ability to
>> > disable the warning message about receiving files, then at least MS can say
>> > "we did warn you"
>>
>>
>>