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To: mr.mark who wrote (9483)	5/6/2000 12:14:00 PM
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Painless way to disable just the E-mail active scripting security issue in Outlook & Outlook Express while maintaining the preview pane. OL2000: Scripts Embedded in HTML Messages Run without Warning. support.microsoft.com Takes one minute to do if one following instructions step-by-step. Any embedded active script will then trigger a dialog box warning before running. It is only a matter of time before some depressed juvenile realizes how easy it is to erase hard drives. Reference taken from this cnet article: news.cnet.com >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Virus hoax illustrates Microsoft email security issues By John Borland Staff Writer, CNET News.com May 5, 2000, 6:00 p.m. PT update An email appears in Microsoft Outlook's in-box. Even before the computer user does anything, a message pops up on the screen. "Had this been a real virus, you would not be happy," it reads. The relieved user clicks "OK," and another box pops up. "Deleting hard drive now...Just kidding," it says. This message circulating around the Internet is the work of one Leigh Stivers, chief code architect for software firm DP Technology. He's trying to draw attention to a security hole in Microsoft's Outlook and Outlook Express programs that is potentially far more dangerous than the now ubiquitous "I Love You" virus... <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<