Ok...every time someone sends me an attachment (some of which I'm expecting)
windows in its infinite wisdom determines the file might be harmful and
doesn't allow me to access it. What can I do? This has happened since I
installed that damn recent security patch.

Tools>Options>Security. Uncheck: "Do not allow
attachments................."

And see these articles about virus protection in OE 6:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=291387
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=329570
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/why.htm#oe6attach

Bruce Hagen
~IB-CA~


"Raqui" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:IwG7d.7580$mS1.6717@fed1read05...
> Ok...every time someone sends me an attachment (some of which I'm
> expecting) windows in its infinite wisdom determines the file might
> be harmful and doesn't allow me to access it. What can I do? This
> has happened since I installed that damn recent security patch.
>

"Bruce Hagen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Tools>Options>Security. Uncheck: "Do not allow
> attachments................."
>
> And see these articles about virus protection in OE 6:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=291387
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=329570
> http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/why.htm#oe6attach
>
> Bruce Hagen
> ~IB-CA~
>


Thanks, but I do not have a "do not allow attachments" where it used to
be...I used to until I installed that security patch.

>
> "Raqui" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:IwG7d.7580$mS1.6717@fed1read05...
>> Ok...every time someone sends me an attachment (some of which I'm
>> expecting) windows in its infinite wisdom determines the file might be
>> harmful and doesn't allow me to access it. What can I do? This has
>> happened since I installed that damn recent security patch.
>>
>
>

Your headers say you're running SP2. It should still be there. 4th
box down. What security patch are you referring to? If it was
KB873374, you didn't need it if you don't have an Office program, but
that shouldn't have made the box disappear.
--
Bruce Hagen
~IB-CA~


"Raqui" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:cIG7d.7906$mS1.4441@fed1read05...
>
> "Bruce Hagen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Tools>Options>Security. Uncheck: "Do not allow
>> attachments................."
>>
>> And see these articles about virus protection in OE 6:
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=291387
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=329570
>> http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/why.htm#oe6attach
>>
>> Bruce Hagen
>> ~IB-CA~
>>
>
>
> Thanks, but I do not have a "do not allow attachments" where it
> used to be...I used to until I installed that security patch.
>
>>
>> "Raqui" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:IwG7d.7580$mS1.6717@fed1read05...
>>> Ok...every time someone sends me an attachment (some of which I'm
>>> expecting) windows in its infinite wisdom determines the file
>>> might be harmful and doesn't allow me to access it. What can I
>>> do? This has happened since I installed that damn recent security
>>> patch.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Outlook Express?
open Outlook Express or whatever.
Select Tools
Options
Security Tab
uncheck "do no allow attachments to be saved or opened
that could potentially contain a virus".
click apply. close and reboot.

Hope your virus software is up to date!!!

Tex
>-----Original Message-----
>Ok...every time someone sends me an attachment (some of
which I'm expecting)
>windows in its infinite wisdom determines the file might
be harmful and
>doesn't allow me to access it. What can I do? This has
happened since I
>installed that damn recent security patch.
>
>
>.
>

In news:IwG7d.7580$mS1.6717@fed1read05,
Raqui <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:

> Ok...every time someone sends me an attachment (some of which
> I'm
> expecting) windows in its infinite wisdom determines the file
> might
> be harmful and doesn't allow me to access it. What can I do?
> This has
> happened since I installed that damn recent security patch.


Starting with SP1, Outlook Express does this by default, for any
file type which can contain a virus. It's not a virus checker,
doesn't actually check the attachments, and this doesn't mean
that there actually is a virus there.

Such attachments are very risky. You often see advice not to open
attachments from people you don't know. I think that that's one
of the most dangerous pieces of advice you see around, because it
implies that it's safe to do the opposite--open attachments from
friends and relatives. But many viruses spread by sending
themselves to everyone in the infected party's address book, so
attachments received from friends are perhaps the most risky to
open.

Personally I think what Outlook Express does is good; I never
open executable attachments at all, except from a very few
trusted sources, and then only when I'm expecting them. But if
you want to remove this safeguard, it's easy to do so: go to
Tools | Options, and on the security tab, uncheck "Do not allow
attachments..."


--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

Ok...it's working the way I want to. Thanks to all that responded!!!

OP says the box is missing???
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Bruce Hagen
~IB-CA~


"Ken Blake" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> In news:IwG7d.7580$mS1.6717@fed1read05,
> Raqui <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
>
>> Ok...every time someone sends me an attachment (some of which I'm
>> expecting) windows in its infinite wisdom determines the file
>> might
>> be harmful and doesn't allow me to access it. What can I do? This
>> has
>> happened since I installed that damn recent security patch.
>
>
> Starting with SP1, Outlook Express does this by default, for any
> file type which can contain a virus. It's not a virus checker,
> doesn't actually check the attachments, and this doesn't mean that
> there actually is a virus there.
>
> Such attachments are very risky. You often see advice not to open
> attachments from people you don't know. I think that that's one of
> the most dangerous pieces of advice you see around, because it
> implies that it's safe to do the opposite--open attachments from
> friends and relatives. But many viruses spread by sending
> themselves to everyone in the infected party's address book, so
> attachments received from friends are perhaps the most risky to
> open.
>
> Personally I think what Outlook Express does is good; I never open
> executable attachments at all, except from a very few trusted
> sources, and then only when I'm expecting them. But if you want to
> remove this safeguard, it's easy to do so: go to Tools | Options,
> and on the security tab, uncheck "Do not allow attachments..."
>
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>

In news:(E-Mail Removed),
Bruce Hagen <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:

> OP says the box is missing???


Sorry, Bruce. I don't understand the above. What box?

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup


> "Ken Blake" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> In news:IwG7d.7580$mS1.6717@fed1read05,
>> Raqui <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
>>
>>> Ok...every time someone sends me an attachment (some of which
>>> I'm
>>> expecting) windows in its infinite wisdom determines the file
>>> might
>>> be harmful and doesn't allow me to access it. What can I do?
>>> This
>>> has
>>> happened since I installed that damn recent security patch.
>>
>>
>> Starting with SP1, Outlook Express does this by default, for
>> any
>> file type which can contain a virus. It's not a virus checker,
>> doesn't actually check the attachments, and this doesn't mean
>> that
>> there actually is a virus there.
>>
>> Such attachments are very risky. You often see advice not to
>> open
>> attachments from people you don't know. I think that that's
>> one of
>> the most dangerous pieces of advice you see around, because it
>> implies that it's safe to do the opposite--open attachments
>> from
>> friends and relatives. But many viruses spread by sending
>> themselves to everyone in the infected party's address book,
>> so
>> attachments received from friends are perhaps the most risky
>> to
>> open.
>>
>> Personally I think what Outlook Express does is good; I never
>> open
>> executable attachments at all, except from a very few trusted
>> sources, and then only when I'm expecting them. But if you
>> want to
>> remove this safeguard, it's easy to do so: go to Tools |
>> Options,
>> and on the security tab, uncheck "Do not allow attachments..."
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup

Raqui wrote:
> Ok...every time someone sends me an attachment (some of which I'm
> expecting) windows in its infinite wisdom determines the file might
> be harmful and doesn't allow me to access it. What can I do? This
> has
> happened since I installed that damn recent security patch.


Outlook Express' default security settings are simply trying to
protect you. OE has no way of telling whether an attachment actually
contains a virus or not, so it temporarily blocks any of those file
types that could potentially contain a virus. In Outlook Express,
Tools > Options > Security, uncheck the "Do not allow attachments to
be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus" option, assuming
you trust the source, of course. The wiser course of action, however,
would be to modify your list of unsafe files, as outlined in the KB
articles below:

Cannot Open E-Mail Attachments in OE After You Install SP1
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q329570

Information About the Unsafe File List in Internet Explorer 6
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;291369

OLEXP Using Virus Protection Features in Outlook Express 6
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;291387

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