--- Sisyphus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes - this is where a major part of the problem > lies. How does one configure > the system so that attachments will not open > *unless* clicked on ? Afaik my > configuration will not allow attachments to open > until they are clicked - > yet this is obviously not the case, as they did open > ( or, at least, opened > an IE download box ) but they were at no stage > 'clicked on'.
I have heard that it helps if you configure your system such that it does not execute random script files. FOr example, I have my system set so that any .vbs file is opened in Notepad. If I want to execute it (unlikely in my case) I have to right click and choose 'execute'. This is merely a Windows file-type set default action, no real cofiguration changes made. In addition, I'm not sure that this would stop much. I definitely don't have this setting for .exe files. But as far as I'm concerned, it doesn't hurt to have the extra precaution. > What sort of kindergarten genius devises a system > that needs a patch for > something that should be easily handled by user > configuration ? Uhh, is the answer Microsoft..? ;) ===== ------------------------------------ Jeffrey Hottle nkuvu at yahoo dot com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-users
