Avoid viruses by not using Outlook!

[zephyrprime]

Who's bright idea was it to put VBA scripting on Outlook anyway? If people would just use some other email client than Outlook, then we wouldn't have these problems with viruses like sobig. Yeash.

 

[metalmania]

I haven't use Outlook for 3 years.

 

[ClueLis]

Thunderbird user here.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: zephyrprime
Who's bright idea was it to put VBA scripting on Outlook anyway? If people would just use some other email client than Outlook, then we wouldn't have these problems with viruses like sobig. Yeash.

VBA scripting in Outlook has nothing to do with sobig (sobig isn't a script virus, script viri have been pretty well managed for awhile now). Your statement that 'if people whould just use some other email client' is false, the virus would just target that product instead.

Bill

 

Originally posted by: ClueLis
Thunderbird user here.

Will that work with IE?

 

[zephyrprime]

VBA scripting in Outlook has nothing to do with sobig (sobig isn't a script virus, script viri have been pretty well managed for awhile now). Your statement that 'if people whould just use some other email client' is false, the virus would just target that product instead.

Hey, you're right. Then I fail to understand why the worm is spreading so widely since it's so easy to recognize a worm that relies on attachments.

 

[ClueLis]

Originally posted by: Phocas

Originally posted by: ClueLis
Thunderbird user here.

Will that work with IE?

Huh? I'm not sure I conpletely understand the question.

Thunderbird is based of the Mozilla code, so it renders HTML email through GECKO, but links will use whateveris your primary browser.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: zephyrprime

VBA scripting in Outlook has nothing to do with sobig (sobig isn't a script virus, script viri have been pretty well managed for awhile now). Your statement that 'if people whould just use some other email client' is false, the virus would just target that product instead.

Hey, you're right. Then I fail to understand why the worm is spreading so widely since it's so easy to recognize a worm that relies on attachments.

You would think so, but unfortunately there are too many people who (still) don't know better.
Bill

 

Originally posted by: ClueLis

Originally posted by: Phocas

Originally posted by: ClueLis
Thunderbird user here.

Will that work with IE?

Huh? I'm not sure I conpletely understand the question.

Thunderbird is based of the Mozilla code, so it renders HTML email through GECKO, but links will use whateveris your primary browser.

Sorry i didnt know what it was, i thought it was somethign like oe...

 

[VicodiN]

Used Outlook for about 3 years without a hitch...

 

[erikistired]

Originally posted by: bsobel

Originally posted by: zephyrprime

VBA scripting in Outlook has nothing to do with sobig (sobig isn't a script virus, script viri have been pretty well managed for awhile now). Your statement that 'if people whould just use some other email client' is false, the virus would just target that product instead.

Hey, you're right. Then I fail to understand why the worm is spreading so widely since it's so easy to recognize a worm that relies on attachments.

You would think so, but unfortunately there are too many people who (still) don't know better.
Bill

spend a month working at a small local pc shop. you'd be surprised how many machines come in with the AV that came on the machine when they bought it 3 years ago, never updated. and when you put updated AV software on it's in a month later with the latest virus and guess what, no updates since you installed it! and chances are 90% of their address book is the same way. if they can't keep norton or mcafee updated (heck norton will update itself!) then how are you going to keep your OS patched? just a big mess.

 

[JackBurton]

Hey, how about these retards get some AV software and freakin' keep it up to date! I swear to God! I got 6 emails in OUTLOOK and AVG slapped them around and made them its b!tch. AVG yanked the viruses out of the email before it got into my inbox.

 

[erikistired]

yeah i had one come through yesterday and norton caught it while downloading and threw it in the quarantine. no virus! back when klez was rampant i was getting 10+ hits a day, never once got the virus. thank you norton!

 

[Goi]

Originally posted by: ClueLis
Thunderbird user here.

Same here...its shaping up to be a really nice email client
Even before this I wasn't using Outlook or OE, before this I was on Eudora, then Eudora Pro ever since the start of the Internet revolution in the mid 90s I've never used Outlook/OE unless I was forced to on a foreign PC.