Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "Rikki Prince" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: [Off topic]: I luvvvvveee you Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 22:13:15 +0100 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 18 Message-ID: <8evdip$aig1@chuka.playstation.co.uk> References: <8esbbo$o571@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <8esvbq$o573@chuka.playstation.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: th-gt145-059.pool.dircon.co.uk X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 > It's a VB script that executes when you open the email in Outlook. As well > as doing the Melissa stuff of sending itself to everyone in your address > book, it installs itself on all drives (network or otherwise) that your > computer is connected to. It also makes some changes to your registry so > that it further propagates itself when you restart windows. Does it affect Outlook Express as well? Does it run only when you open the e-mail, or even if you have the preview showing? How the fuck can MS allow any sort of programming to run automatically when opening an e-mail? There's no real advantage (in being able to have scripts automatically run when an e-mail is opened, I'd rather have the choice what I want to run) and it's the perfect opportunity for virus programmers to do exactly what has happened. What an absolutely shite oversight. And they wonder why everyone hates them... Rikki