>I strongly recommend that people use Outlook/Outlook Express only if >absolutely necessary -- however not using it doesn't make you immune to >many of these worms -- just somewhat less vulnerable. A virus that steals from an outlook address book is about two mouse clicks and a four line program. M$ put it all out there for us to hack if we want. Other viruses are more complex, and of course can do more damage, but it is ridiculously boring and repetitive to see posts about the same virus, with a new name, hacking its way through people's address books, week after week, month after month. I would be embarrassed to have my address book sailing through the internet because I refused to use a better tool. Individual users should just ditch outlook (corporate users may not be able to, of course) and use Eudora, or any one of the other decent readers out there. There is no excuse for getting nailed by the same virus, over and over. In fact, with all the reports about them, there is no excuse for getting it even once. Keep steering people away from that stuff, it does a lot of good, plus it allows other ISVs to have products that people can use. Choice is always good. :-) Regards, John |
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