"James E. Morrow" <jamesemorrow@email.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1f8510c87eedeebb9896f7@newsgate.x-privat.org...
> In article <l2kSg.5380$GR.3298@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net>,
> cmsix@storiesonline.org says...
>>
>> "Far Canal" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>> news:MPG.1f83b6d390ded68e989bdb@news.readfreenews. net...
>> > cmsix wrote
>> >
>> >>
>> >> "Far Canal" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>> >> news:MPG.1f83a20fcdd2764e989bda@news.readfreenews. net...
>> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >> A temporary fix is already available
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >>
>> >> Since the other link was dead for me maybe you could help me
>> >> understand. Why is a fix needed to keep from being infected when
>> >> you
>> >> don't view html emails. How do text emails infect you? How can
>> >> they
>> >> possibly?
>> >>
>> >
>> > The tinyurl link was to here
>> > http://news.com.com/Microsoft+mulls+...e/2100-1002_3-
>> > 6119393.html
>> >
>> > "The update is being designed to fix a serious flaw in the way
>> > the
>> > widely used Web browser handles certain graphics files. The flaw,
>> > first
>> > reported last week, is increasingly being used in attacks on IE
>> > users,
>> > security experts warned Monday."
>>
>> So, in other words, the URL pointer caused me the most risk since
>> it
>> caused me to try IE7 to reach it after Opera didn't. I saw nothing
>> at
>> the site that makes me believe HTML messages can give any trouble
>> in
>> Outlook Express when I have them turned off. It isn't news that
>> there
>> are exploits for Internet Explorer, that's one of the main reasons
>> I
>> stopped using it.
>>
>> cmsix
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > Here
>> >> > http://isotf.org/zert/
>> >> >
>> >>
>
>
> Your point regarding text emails and turning off preview in OE is a
> good point. Yes, this is safe. So you don't use IE and you use OE
> in
> its safest mode. This should be fairly safe. But with MS some
> exploit
> is just ready to pop up at any time. So use caution.

I've been using caution since a vendor sent me the "I Love You" virus
years ago, back when I was still assembling and selling hardware. If
there is a way for someone to send me a virus, malware, spyware, or
crapware... in a text message I damend sure never heard of it. I await
a shred of evidence.

I have finally given up on Internet Explorer but exploits weren't even
responsible for that. Opera 8.54 is as close to perfect for people
with low vision as I've found. Holding down ctrl and rolling the mouse
wheel with "magnify" any web page I've come across.

cmsix

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