Email viruses.....

[gymtime]

Is it good to not use the preview pane in Outlook?

I mean if a preview pane is activated, isn't that essentially the same thing ass opening a possibly infected email?

I'm asking because normally for an infected email to work, users have to open it first by double-clicking on it. But if the preview pane is open, all you have to do is single-click on it. Meaning you could unkowingly open an infected message simply by "previewing" it like you would any other.

Anyone know?

 

[from zero]

I mean if a preview pane is activated, isn't that essentially the same thing ass opening a possibly infected email?

That's why I never use Outlook.

 

[The_Ghost]

Is it good to not use the preview pane in Outlook?

I mean if a preview pane is activated, isn't that essentially the same thing ass opening a possibly infected email?

I'm asking because normally for an infected email to work, users have to open it first by double-clicking on it. But if the preview pane is open, all you have to do is single-click on it. Meaning you could unkowingly open an infected message simply by "previewing" it like you would any other.

Anyone know?

Turn off preview!!!

 

[bluepeter]

On most cases, it shouldn't matter as the attachment on the email is the problem. As long as you don't open that, you're OK..

 

[Y_lifter]

Typically the preview pane is designed to not run attachments with VB scripts and likely other bat exe type virus attachments.

No gaurantee but as stated, this is why I don't have either preview pane or auto preview activated on top of the fact that
it just makes the inbox look way too messy/busy IMO..

 

[Code]

Outlook's preview pane doesn't run/open anything. It merely displays the rich text/HTML from message.

Although, if you set Outlook to use Word as your editor, a virus could use Word macros to fuck up some shit.

This is why I use a mac. 16 years, not a single virus.

 

[Y_lifter]

Originally posted by Code
This is why I use a mac. 16 years, not a single virus.

And the pastel colors are so Merry !

 

[OMGWTFBBQ]

Outlook used to have a hole via the preview pane - if you haven't ever run an update on your computer, it is feasible you still have it.

And Code, the virus issue is less due to a lack of holes and more due to market share and/or volume.

But I agree that I am enjoying my Mac and lack of issues.

 

[Code]

Before OSX, it was because very very few people knew what/how the OS did what it did. There's no 18 year old OS at it's core, and there are no 18 year old punks who have Apple's production/distribution agreement to look at their code.

Remove the teen/pre-teen factor and you eliminate 75% of to your virii authors. Remove shit-bags who got their AA in programming from ITT and now you've gotten rid of 24% of your virii authors.

That leaves the 1% like you and me who are too mature to bother and too lazy to follow up on it if we wanted to.

Outlook used to have a hole via the preview pane - if you haven't ever run an update on your computer, it is feasible you still have it.

And Code, the virus issue is less due to a lack of holes and more due to market share and/or volume.

But I agree that I am enjoying my Mac and lack of issues.

 

[OMGWTFBBQ]

Before OSX, it was because very very few people knew what/how the OS did what it did. There's no 18 year old OS at it's core, and there are no 18 year old punks who have Apple's production/distribution agreement to look at their code.

Remove the teen/pre-teen factor and you eliminate 75% of to your virii authors. Remove shit-bags who got their AA in programming from ITT and now you've gotten rid of 24% of your virii authors.

That leaves the 1% like you and me who are too mature to bother and too lazy to follow up on it if we wanted to.

Every single modern vbscript virus that I have seen has been Chinese in origin.
Another volume issue.

"THIS IS VERY JOKE" was in one of them, along with shoutouts to his crew.

That become my favorite saying for awhile.

 

[Code]

I think those are re-writes though of American/Albanian VB scripts.

The chinese (God bless their little souls) haven't really done much original work in this respect.

Every single modern vbscript virus that I have seen has been Chinese in origin.
Another volume issue.

"THIS IS VERY JOKE" was in one of them, along with shoutouts to his crew.

That become my favorite saying for awhile.

 

[OMGWTFBBQ]

To be fair, the "THIS IS VERY JOKE" one was in fact not Chinese - just the newer ones I see are.

That one was Russian - and by "Russian" I mean some country over that way that isn't Europe but is in that area.

 

[RaZor Ramon]

It's best not to use the preview pane in Outlook but I usually did anyway when I used outlook but I haven't used outlook in sometime. I just check my email through the web now.

 

[Y_lifter]

This thread is not very joke

 

[Code]

Really? I didn't know the "This is Joke" was really from the chinese. They've been gaining a good foothold in the underground in terms of hacker cred.

To be fair, the "THIS IS VERY JOKE" one was in fact not Chinese - just the newer ones I see are.

That one was Russian - and by "Russian" I mean some country over that way that isn't Europe but is in that area.

 

[OMGWTFBBQ]

Really? I didn't know the "This is Joke" was really from the chinese. They've been gaining a good foothold in the underground in terms of hacker cred.

not from the Chinese.

I think the welchia one was a Chinaman though.

 

[Code]

Yeah, welchia was/is the poorest written piece of code I've seen.
It doesn't bridge subnets.

not from the Chinese.

I think the welchia one was a Chinaman though.

 

[Y_lifter]

If we see one named "Fuck you up Long time"
we will know it came out of bangkok

 

[gymtime]

I suspected this thread might deteriorate into some sort of nerd-a-thon, and sure enough.....

LOCKED.

 

[beastboy]

AIDS

 

[Y_lifter]

Saran wrap works well in a pinch..

 

[Code]

So next time I'm over there I'll send you some more.