Quick virus question

[JoeKing]

Blah jsut got the Snowhite virus sent to me. What do I turn off in my outlook express so I can saftly open the e-mai and delete the virus?

Thanks

 

[Talon]

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http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=32&threadid=308006

 

[JoeKing]

thanks,

wait a sec is this the virus that executes automatically if you open the e-mail? Or is it one you have to actually open the attachment manually?

Just curious now since I havnt even opend the email yet

 

[Talon]

According to both Symantec and McAfee, the e-mail contains an attachment which contains the worm as an executable file. The worm is activated when you execute the attachment. You can just delete the e-mail.