Does using the Outlook Preview Pane increase my risk for an e-mai.

[Guest]

Many users in this office like to use the Outlook Preview Pane. We have been
told that it will increase out chances of opening an attachment that may be a
virus.

We have firewalls, virus scan softwar installed on all computers, but we are
still concerned?

What do you think?

Thanks,

Sam

 

[Vanguard]

Many users in this office like to use the Outlook Preview Pane. We
have been
told that it will increase out chances of opening an attachment that
may be a
virus.

We have firewalls, virus scan softwar installed on all computers, but
we are
still concerned?

What do you think?

Thanks,

Sam

http://groups-beta.google.com/group..._frm/thread/11630a69ff522819/98b5d22b1b2f284c

 

[Vagabond Software]

Many users in this office like to use the Outlook Preview Pane. We have been
told that it will increase out chances of opening an attachment that may be a
virus.

We have firewalls, virus scan softwar installed on all computers, but we are
still concerned?

What do you think?

Thanks,

Sam

As long as the Preview Pane is configured as a Restricted Zone, you'll be OK.

Select the Security tab from the Tools -Options dialog and make sure your Security Zones is set to Restricted sites.

carl

 

[George Hester]

Listen to your office partners. If more people did maybe these 41KB viruses I get en mass would someday
stop. Actually Preview won't open the attachment. That takes direct user behavior; ie double-clicking.

 

[Vagabond Software]

Listen to your office partners. If more people did maybe these 41KB viruses I get en mass would someday
stop. Actually Preview won't open the attachment. That takes direct user behavior; ie double-clicking.

--
George Hester


Yes, that is how these misperceptions propagate. Someone at a company is infected with a virus because they couldn't resist double-clicking on the "J-Lo Nude" attachment, but they're too embarrassed to admit they double-clicked the attachment. So instead, they insist all they did was preview it.

carl

 

[Guest]

Just reading the posts and I have an additional question on the same topic...

What about the Tools > Other > Preview Pane > Mark messages read in preview
window? OR Mark items as read when selection changes?

Any way to manage these items from the admin side?

Thanks..LE

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Both can be managed as user preference or group policy settings.