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Once upon a time,  I.J Jordan <Ian@sun-house.demon.co.uk> wrote
>Just to change the subject slightly; and it is not my intention to start a
>"software war" but as an "Outlook Express" user I was  wondering if someone
>could point out a few of the security flaws in it.I am asking because I have
>downloaded and installed all the security updates I could find at Microsoft,
>and to my untrained eye it does seem secure.For example I cannot accidently
>open an attachment without getting a warning panel pop up asking "open or
>save to disc", and as that seems to be the main way of virus,worms and
>trojans etc entering the system; I have until reading this thread for a few
>days felt reasonably safe but it would seem that this may not be the case.
>
At least two of the major ones:

the view and preview pane implement full HTML interpretation: so any
malicious content in an HTML message will get "run" in OE.

the ability to automate mail-reader functions, which allow the worms
to email everyone in your address book.
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Andrew Brydon
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