What is going on?!

On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 14:57:35 +0100, "Janusz Kesik"
wrote:

Some month ago, I did delete r.a.s. from my list of subscribed newsgroups when I got a post with a virus attached. A month later (now) discovering few threads regarding Jantar I thought: "Maybe it was one-off infected posting". After TWO DAYS of my presence at r.a.s. forum, I have found a next "security patch" post with an attachment (this time I was very carefully moving my mouse to not to click accidentally as I had done it previously). Again.
What is going on with this newsgroup?! Do I have to give it a go definitely? :-/

Anyone knows the way to force the Outlook Express to not to download any posts with binary file attached from the news server?

Don't use Outlook Express for reading newsgroups. Try Forte's Free
Agent instead (it really is free):

http://www.forteinc.com

I've tried a few and this is the one I like best. It won't open
attachments unless you explicitly ask it to and won't display HTML
pages either - unless you ask it to, which I don't.

Outlook-specific advice: AFAIK its not possible to turn off attachment
download. However, here's something you CAN do. If you've got the
preview pane turned on (it's on by default) turn it off at once. When
a message is previewed all its attachments are opened and if one is a
virus then your PC is toast. Note: you won't even be able to select a
message for deletion without opening its attachments if preview is
turned on.

HTH
Martin

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I've tried a few and this is the one I like best. It won't open
attachments unless you explicitly ask it to and won't display HTML
pages either - unless you ask it to, which I don't.

I have just downloaded it and starting to test it.

Outlook-specific advice: AFAIK its not possible to turn off attachment
download. However, here's something you CAN do. If you've got the
preview pane turned on (it's on by default) turn it off at once. When
a message is previewed all its attachments are opened and if one is a
virus then your PC is toast.=20

Done that with the email inbox, and it seems to be working for some =
time. I didn't want to do that with the newsgroup browser, but... well =
it looks like I'll have to.

Regards,


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Janusz Kesik

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