blocked e-mails

[fritz ahola]

many of my e-mails cannot be opened. Subject bar says oe
removed access to the following unsafe attachments in
your mail. These are emails from friends of mine and I
know they are not infected. How do I removed this censor?

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

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.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q329570

Information About the Unsafe File List in Internet Explorer 6
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;291369

OLEXP Using Virus Protection Features in Outlook Express 6
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;291387


Bruce Chambers

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[Ken Blake]

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many of my e-mails cannot be opened. Subject bar says oe
removed access to the following unsafe attachments in
your mail. These are emails from friends of mine and I
know they are not infected. How do I removed this censor?

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, even if they are from friends
you trust. It's extremely difficult to be sure they are not
infected. 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 never open executable attachments at all, except
from a very few trusted sources, and then only when I'm expecting
them. But the choice is yours; if you want to remove this
warning, it's easy to do so: go to Tools | Options, and on the
security tab, uncheck "Do not allow attachments..."

 

[Gene K]

Fritz,
Outlook Express/Options/Security/uncheck "Do not allow attachments to
be",etc,etc .
Gene K

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

Fritz, never assume something is safe because it comes from friends or
people you know because most viruses are spread that way. People are
unsuspecting, assume because it's from a friend it is safe and bang, they
get hit because their friend or acquaintance was infected and didn't know
it. That's how these things are spread.

Certainly turn off the warning as other's have mentioned but you should save
every attachment and scan them before opening. Before sure your antivirus
software definitions are up to date as well.