my photo termed unsafe attachment

J

johngood_____

novice has just saved a photo of a plant to desktop and wants to send it as
an attachment. Windows says it has blocked it as an 'unsafe' attachment.
what to do next please? Thanks for assistance.
 
D

David Webb

Windows XP is not blocking it, your e-mail application is. Post your question to
the experts in the newsgroup that addresses issues with whatever application
you're using for your e-mail.
 
G

Gordon

johngood_____ said:
novice has just saved a photo of a plant to desktop and wants to send it
as an attachment. Windows says it has blocked it as an 'unsafe'
attachment. what to do next please? Thanks for assistance.
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Windows or Outlook Express?
 
G

Gordon

johngood_____ said:
Thanks for your response. It's windows xp and the camera I took it with
is
a Casio.
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What I meant was, is it really WINDOWS that is telling you this, or is it
OUTLOOK EXPRESS?
 
J

johngood_____

Unknown said:
Maybe he isn't using Outlook Express????
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What I did was to open the camera photos in windows 'show as files' and then
saved one photo to desktop. Then i right clicked on that folder in desktop
and chose 'send to' mail recipient.

An outlook express compose mail window appeared, with the attachment icon
placed in it. When I clicked on the attachment icon, it said Windows found
this file potentially harmful and has blocked access to this file.

Then i sent it to myself and it arrived with a line at the top saying
Outlook Exressed removed access to the following unsafe attachment.
Thanks for any further advice.
 
V

Vanguard

in message
novice has just saved a photo of a plant to desktop and wants to
send it as an attachment. Windows says it has blocked it as an
'unsafe' attachment.
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What is the extension of the file with the image?

Have you double-clicked on that file to see if it opens okay in an
image viewer?

Windows doesn't block attachments. Presumably means you are talking
about e-mail but never said so. Windows doesn't sent or receive
e-mail. You never mentioned WHICH e-mail program you are using. You
also are not clear in the error message is when you are trying to
attach the file to an new outbound e-mail or when that e-mail gets
received.

What happens when you disable outbound e-mail scanning in your
anti-virus program?
 
D

ded

johngood_____ said:
What I did was to open the camera photos in windows 'show as files' and
then saved one photo to desktop. Then i right clicked on that folder in
desktop and chose 'send to' mail recipient.

An outlook express compose mail window appeared, with the attachment icon
placed in it. When I clicked on the attachment icon, it said Windows
found this file potentially harmful and has blocked access to this file.

Then i sent it to myself and it arrived with a line at the top saying
Outlook Exressed removed access to the following unsafe attachment. Thanks
for any further advice.
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It is a default setting in Outlook Express as so many users fail to
have adequate anti-virus/firewall installed.
Open Outlook Express
Click Tools>Options>Security
Deselect:
"Do not allow attachments etc"
and
"Block images etc"
Click "Apply" then Click "OK"
Send the the email with desired image.
When complete, follow above steps and re-select those options.
If you are 110% confident you have fully uptodate and competent
anti-virus and firewall software installed, you can leave them
deselected.
 
J

johngood_____

ded said:
It is a default setting in Outlook Express as so many users fail to
have adequate anti-virus/firewall installed.
Open Outlook Express
Click Tools>Options>Security
Deselect:
"Do not allow attachments etc"
and
"Block images etc"
Click "Apply" then Click "OK"
Send the the email with desired image.
When complete, follow above steps and re-select those options.
If you are 110% confident you have fully uptodate and competent
anti-virus and firewall software installed, you can leave them
deselected.
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Many thanks. Yep the 'do not allow attachments ' was selected, so have now
deselected it. Have the free version grisoft AVG antivirus and the windows
XP firewall
switched on. Is this enough would you say? Thanks to all for your
response.
 
U

Unknown

Don't understand. I have both items checked and have no problem sending
pictures. He must have some virus program running. (I don't use any virus
programs)
 
D

ded

Unknown said:
Don't understand. I have both items checked and have no problem sending
pictures. He must have some virus program running. (I don't use any virus
programs)
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Yeah right
 
J

johngood_____

D

ded

johngood_____ said:
If I got the free 'zone alarm' should i switch off the windows firewall?
I think that i would go for zone alarm since i had that installed a while
ago, but is that the best free one to go for? There seems so much to
choose from its difficult to decide. Grateful for any further advice.
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The above two sites have all the infomation, you don't run two firewalls
conflict will ensue if you do, install a recommended firewall and disable
Windows firewall.
MS updated XP's on-board firewall with SP2, mainly because at time the
Blaster and Sasser worms were rampant (google it for full info).
MS didn't intend to step on the toes of third party software houses
Firewalls,
XP's firewall is a basic one-way firewall. They are not out to steal others
buisness.
For security I don't use freeware, I use Karsparskys security suite.
The above sites have all the info you require. Or google: "Firewall"
 
U

Unknown

I'm willing to bet it is much more stable than yours. And I do not use ANY
virus programs. There are none needed if you
use your head. The only thing I have is the firewall provided by Microsoft.
AND I might add I have NEVER gotten a virus.I do NOT download any trash. You
tell me why I need an anti virus program.
 
U

Unknown

In addition if you are a regular reader of newsgroups you'll notice that
most all problems are caused by anti virus programs.
 
K

Ken Blake, MVP

If I got the free 'zone alarm' should i switch off the windows firewall?
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Don't run two firewalls. You achieve no extra protection, you incur
the extra overhead of running two firewalls, and you run the risk
(probably small, but not zero) of conflicts between them.

See http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/firewall.mspx
which includes the following:

"Q. Should I use both the built-in firewall and a software firewall
from a different company on my Windows XP computer?

"A. No. Running multiple software firewalls is unnecessary for typical
home computers, home networking, and small-business networking
scenarios. Using two firewalls on the same connection could cause
issues with connectivity to the Internet or other unexpected behavior.
One firewall, whether it is the Windows XP Internet Connection
Firewall or a different software firewall, can provide substantial
protection for your computer."

Also note that if you update your third-party firewall to a new
version, the update routine will probably turn it off first. If the
Windows firewall isn't running, you will temporarily be left with no
running firewall, which is very dangerous. So turn on the Windows
firewall temporarily before doing maintenance on your third-party
firewall.

The Windows firewall monitors incoming traffic only. Almost any
third-party firewall will also monitor outbound traffic, stopping
rogue programs trying to call home, and is a better choice.
 

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