ActiveX security warning when opening email

[Guest]

Hi,

I received an email that comes up with the "Your current security settings
prohibit running ActiveX controls on this page. As a result, the page may not
display correctly." I know if I go to Tools->Options, Security and adjust, I
can bypass the warning. However, I'd like to know what this control is. It is
an HTML formatted message. If I enable ActiveX, I do not see any difference
in the email. My Anti-Virus program is not throwing up any alerts. Any ideas?

 

[neo [mvp outlook]]

1) Why do you need to know? (most bad things when curiosity strikes.

2) Right click on body and select view source. (look for object or clsid)

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your note. I did see an object tag after the original sender's
signature. Guess it was a virus of some type. Searching online for the ID
yielded posts about the Kak virus, though the posts all have script in
addition to the ID. In this case I just see the opening and closing object
tags. Guess it was partially removed or Outlook will not let me see the rest?

 

[neo [mvp outlook]]

Do you have any type of internet security product installed that can scan
e-mail in realtime? (e.g. Norton, Trend, Panda, .etc that scans POP3 email
as it is downloaded.)

 

[Guest]

Currently using McAfee

Do you have any type of internet security product installed that can scan
e-mail in realtime? (e.g. Norton, Trend, Panda, .etc that scans POP3 email
as it is downloaded.)

 

[Guest]

McAfee did not say anything until I started hitting web sites that had the
script (not just the object tag). Even Google Groups pages were causing
alerts.

 

[neo [mvp outlook]]

Well hopefully it is McAfee (or better the ISP/Corporate mail server) that
removed the harmful content and let the remaining clean part of the message
thru.

Right now just chalk active-x warnings in Outlook (and Outlook Express) as a
good thing. It just means that whatever is behind the message can't create
a reference to a program on your hard drive and possibly cause you grief in
the long run.

/neo