[mso] Re: Office and macro viruses (was OT - Varmits ...Charles)
- From: "Dian Chapman" <dian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 00:46:43 -0500
>>NAV has a setting
where you can tell it to check ALL Office files, not just Outlook...so,
I assume it's looking for macros and stuff in VBA....but Dian and Greg
may know more about this than me.
Well...one of the first things MVPs tell folks to do is turn OFF the Norton
Office AntiVirus Plug in. It's doesn't really provide any more detection
than the Office anti virus utilities do...and it causes lots of conflicts.
Particularly with Acrobat and WinFax addins. Folks end up getting VB DLL
errors when closing Word/Excel and sometime Outlook. Although updated dot
for those, from the manufacturer, will fix the problems.
Personally, I don't worry too much about viruses, for a few reasons. I never
open a doc from someone I don't know...without holding down the shift key to
stop any auto macros (viruses) from running and the first thing I do is then
inspect for modules. I use mailwasher, so it catches 90% of the viruses
being sent around and they get removed from my server before they're ever
downloaded to me. And I don't allow scripts to run in my email unless I'm
90% sure I know what it is or DO know who it's from. I keep up with
antivirus warnings from legit companies, so I'm pretty familiar with most of
the common ones and I use Outlook and don't use Preview. So the few
suspicious emails that might get through either get deleted or I send that
person an email letting them know I'm not going to open their email because
they didn't provide an details about it.
Oh, and I also don't allow family and friends to send me all that crap that
gets circulated. I may miss out on a few giggles...but they know I don't
have time for power point presentation attachments with baby pictures
telling me they love me! If they wanna tell me, spare me the forwarded crap
and write me an email! ;-) That may sound heartless, but they
understand...my computer is my life, not a toy like it still is for most of
them.
Dian Chapman
Technical Consultant, Instructor,
Microsoft MVP & TechTrax Editor
Word AutoForm eBook: http://www.mousetrax.com/books.html
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-----Original Message-----
From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Linda F. Johnson
Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 9:41 PM
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mso] Re: Office and macro viruses (was OT - Varmits
...Charles)
No Charles....that's not what I'm talking about....NAV has a setting
where you can tell it to check ALL Office files, not just Outlook...so,
I assume it's looking for macros and stuff in VBA....but Dian and Greg
may know more about this than me.
Linda
Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers
Owner ~ Linda's Computer Stop
http://personal-computer-tutor.com
FREE MS Office eBook Tutorial
http://personal-computer-tutor.com/library.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Charles R. Buchanan
Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 10:25 PM
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mso] Re: Office and macro viruses (was OT - Varmits
...Charles)
ROFLMAO!!! :-) I think I might be in more trouble if I start answering
myself too! :-)
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