Or you can apply the MS OutLook Security update which disables some of the "features" that allow this type of crap to happen. http://www.microsoft.com/Office/ORK/2000/Journ/OutSDep.htm We installed it on all of our client machines a few months ago and it does a pretty good job of stopping this kind of thing, the user can not even get to the attachment. Quite a few people received the virus today but were not able to open the attachment. Stuff like calenders still work but any executable file is blocked from the user, the sys admin is the only one not running the update, that way if there is a file we have to be able to retrieve we can. It works as well as anything from MS can. :-P Most users don't even notice that it is running, although some of them do miss "Elf Bowling". God help me if the sys admin is ever dumb enough to open a virus. Or maybe god will need to help him. SG, O.S.D. P.S. I am not too thrilled about running Exchange either but it was that way when I moved to IS from engineering. Yes I am posting while booted into BeOS, everyone has a weak spot. I tried it two years ago and haven't been able to stop. I am trying to learn everything, and failing. >where? I've looked several times and even tired the (non)"help" but any >"msoffice" type document opens w/o asking...though I get prompted from any >non-office document... > >I switched to lookout because my client uses all those "features" (calendar, >etc), incidentally, they are the ones who got the virus first. grrr. I think >I might just go back to netscape (hey I have to use windows or a mac here, >kids). At least embarassing things like this don't happen with netscape. > >~j > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org >> [mailto:tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Ben Lutgens >> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 1:14 PM >> To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> Subject: Re: [TCLUG] [TCLUG-ANNOUNCE] Here you have, ;o) >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 12:53:37PM -0600, Jacqueline Urick wrote: >> >sorry guys..a client just sent this to me and it automagically >> >mailed...don't open it! >> >> X-Mailer-Microsoft-Lookout >> >> Jackie, disable the vbs extensions in the crummy mailer will you? :-) >> >> > >> > >> > >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org >> >> [mailto:tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Joseph Heil >> >> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 12:44 PM >> >> To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> >> Subject: Re: [TCLUG] [TCLUG-ANNOUNCE] Here you have, ;o) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Does this look like a virus or what..... >> >> >> >> Quoting Jacqueline Urick (jacque at fruitioninc.com): >> >> > Hi: >> >> > Check This! >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Joseph A. Heil, Jr. Oracle DBA >> >> heilja at dbsource.com http://www.dbsource.com >> >> voice: 952-445-8066 fax: 952-445-5196 >> >> Key fingerprint = 95 FC 3A F4 8A 10 05 85 3F 53 01 86 AD DB DB 51 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> tclug-list mailing list >> >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> >> https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> >tclug-list mailing list >> >tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> >https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> -- >> Ben Lutgens cell: 612.670.4789 telnet bofh.jive.org 666 >> Sistina Software Inc. work: 612.379.5941 >> System Administrator http://www.sistina.com/ >> >> Sistina is hiring, see http:/www.sistina.com/Pages/jobs.html for details >> > >_______________________________________________ >tclug-list mailing list >tclug-list at mn-linux.org >https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > ----------------------------------- This message was sent with the demo version of Postmaster, a BeOS mail client. For more information, please visit http://kennyc.com/postmaster