> "David Nicholls" said:
>> > Of course I could be wrong! Does anyone on the list know of a case where
> > LOVEBUG can be run just by downloading the e-mail or opening the e-mail
> > without opening the attachment.
>> yep -- if you have the preview window enabled, it's run automatically.
I don't think so. The danger with the preview window is that HTML
is rendered automatically, and this HTML could contain malicious
<SCRIPT>, <APPLET> or <OBJECT> tags.
Ever seen, say, WinZip start up automatically because Outlook previewed
a message with a ZIP attachment? I don't think so...
Later,
Kenn
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