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Virus from preview of E-mail

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PAndersen

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Apr 27, 2001
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In Outlook Express, if you right-click at a message, select Properties, Details and Message Source, does this action represent any danger of infection (contrary to viewing the message in the preview pane with a more advanced viewer)??
 
It shouldn't. Only opening the message or using the preview pane can execute files suct as a script file without opening the attachment. Looking at the source code should not do anything to you. joegz
"Sometimes you just need to find out what it's not first to figure out what it is."
 
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