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I don't know if there is a seperate newsgroup for OE?
Running win xp with latest IE and upates! I cannot open attachments in OE. States "OE has removed accessto the following unsafe attachments" Can anyone help with information on how to remove this "blocking" of attachments in OE |
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Jim typed: I don't know if there is a seperate newsgroup for OE? Yes, there are several Running win xp with latest IE and upates! I cannot open attachments in OE. States "OE has removed accessto the following unsafe attachments" Can anyone help with information on how to remove this "blocking" of attachments in OE Starting with SP1, Outlook Express does this by default, for any file type which *can* contain a virus. It's not a virus checker, doesn't actually check the attachments, and this doesn't mean that there actually is a virus there. Such attachments *are* very risky. You often see advice not to open attachments from people you don't know. I think that that's one of the most dangerous pieces of advice you see around, because it implies that it's safe to do the opposite--open attachments from friends and relatives. But many viruses spread by sending themselves to everyone in the infected party's address book, so attachments received from friends are perhaps the *most* risky to open. Personally I never open executable attachments at all, except from a *very* few trusted sources, and then only when I'm expecting them. But if you want to remove this safeguard, it's easy to do so: go to Tools | Options, and on the security tab, uncheck "Do not allow attachments..." -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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You can always use RunAs (right click) and tick Protect My Computer =
which prevents registry writes. "Ken Blake" wrote in message = ... In , Jim typed: =20 I don't know if there is a seperate newsgroup for OE? =20 =20 Yes, there are several =20 =20 Running win xp with latest IE and upates! I cannot open attachments in OE. States "OE has removed accessto the following unsafe attachments" Can anyone help with information on how to remove this "blocking" of attachments in OE =20 =20 Starting with SP1, Outlook Express does this by default, for any file type which *can* contain a virus. It's not a virus checker, doesn't actually check the attachments, and this doesn't mean that there actually is a virus there. =20 Such attachments *are* very risky. You often see advice not to open attachments from people you don't know. I think that that's one of the most dangerous pieces of advice you see around, because it implies that it's safe to do the opposite--open attachments from friends and relatives. But many viruses spread by sending themselves to everyone in the infected party's address book, so attachments received from friends are perhaps the *most* risky to open. =20 Personally I never open executable attachments at all, except from a *very* few trusted sources, and then only when I'm expecting them. But if you want to remove this safeguard, it's easy to do so: go to Tools | Options, and on the security tab, uncheck "Do not allow attachments..." =20 --=20 Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup =20 |
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Thanks Ken, I appreciate the advice and direction!
Jim -----Original Message----- In , Jim typed: I don't know if there is a seperate newsgroup for OE? Yes, there are several Running win xp with latest IE and upates! I cannot open attachments in OE. States "OE has removed accessto the following unsafe attachments" Can anyone help with information on how to remove this "blocking" of attachments in OE Starting with SP1, Outlook Express does this by default, for any file type which *can* contain a virus. It's not a virus checker, doesn't actually check the attachments, and this doesn't mean that there actually is a virus there. Such attachments *are* very risky. You often see advice not to open attachments from people you don't know. I think that that's one of the most dangerous pieces of advice you see around, because it implies that it's safe to do the opposite-- open attachments from friends and relatives. But many viruses spread by sending themselves to everyone in the infected party's address book, so attachments received from friends are perhaps the *most* risky to open. Personally I never open executable attachments at all, except from a *very* few trusted sources, and then only when I'm expecting them. But if you want to remove this safeguard, it's easy to do so: go to Tools | Options, and on the security tab, uncheck "Do not allow attachments..." -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup . |
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