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In news:8E0331CE-89EE-451E-AA2F-0660255E39AA@microsoft.com,
Todd Smith <ToddSmith@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> In Outlook, "OE has removed access to the following unsafe
> attachments in your mail" appears when I receive a wmv file.
> How can
> I view the attachment?
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 think what Outlook Express does is good; 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..."
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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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