Free Windows Help Tutorials sponsored by inkjet printer cartridges dot org /title> <META HTTP-EQUIV="imagetoolbar" CONTENT="no"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=ISO 8859-1"> <META name="description" Content="Hundreds of downloadable Windows help tutorials, articles and how-to guides sponsored by inkjet printer cartridges dot org."><style type="text/css">  </style> </head> <body bgcolor=#999999 vlink=blue link=blue> <span name = "INTRA" class="pg" style="top:0px; left:5px; width:714px; height:1010px"></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:0px; left:5px; height:1010px; width:714px' class='img'> <img src="pg0001im.png" height = "1010 width = "714" border="0"> </span> <span class='nav' style='left: 10px; top: 10px'><pre></pre></span><span name = "INTRA" style='top:108px; left:77px' class="ft4"><pre><font face='Arial'>The Outlook</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:159px; left:77px' class="ft4"><pre><font face='Arial'>Security Patch</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:267px; left:77px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>Microsoft</b></i> <i><b>has</b></i> <i><b>introduced</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:287px; left:77px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>an</b></i> <i><b>Outlook</b></i> <i><b>security</b></i> <i><b>patch</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:265px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'><b>C</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:267px; left:281px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>omputer viruses are nothing new the first PC virus was written more than</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:280px; left:281px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>15 years ago. But whereas older viruses spread via executable files on</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:292px; left:281px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>floppy disks, modern ones spread via document files and Internet email.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:305px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>The enormous growth in use of the Internet has meant that new viruses such as</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:308px; left:77px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>in</b></i> <i><b>response</b></i> <i><b>to</b></i> <i><b>the</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:318px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>the Love Bug, or ILOVEYOU, managed to hit literally millions of PCs in the initial</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:328px; left:77px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>high profile</b></i> <i><b>virus</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:330px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>wave before the virus scanner vendors managed to update their databases of</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:343px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>known virus signatures.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:349px; left:77px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>outbreaks</b></i> <i><b>earlier</b></i> <i><b>this</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:364px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>ILOVEYOU, and Melissa before it, used Microsoft Outlook to spread. Melissa</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:369px; left:77px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>year</b></i> <i><b>which</b></i> <i><b>used</b></i> <i><b>email</b></i> <i><b>to</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:376px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>automatically looked up the first 50 names in the victim's Outlook address book</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:389px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>and mailed a copy of itself to those people. The Love Bug mailed itself to every</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:390px; left:77px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>spread.</b></i> <i><b>We</b></i> <i><b>take</b></i> <i><b>a</b></i> <i><b>look</b></i> <i><b>at</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:402px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>single person in the book. Because the resulting messages appeared to originate</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:411px; left:77px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>what</b></i> <i><b>it</b></i> <i><b>does</b></i> <i><b>and</b></i> <i><b>what</b></i> <i><b>its</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:415px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>from a friend or colleague of the recipient, many recipients opened the message.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:427px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>After all, if a friend or colleague sent you a message with a header that possibly</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:431px; left:77px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>drawbacks</b></i> <i><b>are.</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:440px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>proclaimed their love for you, would you think for even a moment that simply</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:453px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>clicking on the message to open it would start a virus running on your PC?</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:463px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>By PCNA Staff</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:473px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Needless to say, Microsoft came in for much criticism in the wake of virus outbreaks</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:486px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>such as ILOVEYOU because of the ease with which the viruses could spread via</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:498px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Outlook. Clearly something had to be done. And so, at the end of June, Microsoft</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:511px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>launched the Outlook Security Update. You'll find it on the Web at</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:511px; left:572px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Helvetica'><b>www.officeup </b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:524px; left:247px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Helvetica'><b>date.com</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:524px; left:295px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>, and it was also on last month's PCNA CD ROM. The update is available</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:537px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>for Outlook 98 and Outlook 2000, but not for Outlook Express. And the new Outlook</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:549px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Express 5.5, included with the Windows 2000 Service Pack 1 that you can order on</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:562px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>CD from Microsoft, does not include the security update either.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:582px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>The security update provides protection from most viruses that spread them </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:595px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>selves through email, or worm viruses that can replicate through Outlook. The</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:608px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>update works by limiting or removing certain functionality in Outlook. Thus,</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:621px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>although it will stop many types of virus from spreading, it may also affect the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:633px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>legitimate function of other programs and also severely limit the facilities that</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:646px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>users may be accustomed to using.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:666px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>The Outlook 2000 patch requires that you first install Office 2000 Service Release</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:679px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>1a (not plain SR1). This can be found at</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:679px; left:468px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Helvetica'><b>www.officeupdate.com</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:679px; left:596px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>or, if you</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:692px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>subscribe to our sister magazine PC Support Advisor, you'll find it on the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:704px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>CD ROM. Be aware that the SR1a patch will require access to the original Office</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:717px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>2000 CD ROM, or a copy of it on a server, so ensure that you have it handy.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:744px; left:247px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>Functionality</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:766px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>The Outlook update adds three new levels of security:</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:772px; left:88px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>.EXE</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:785px; left:88px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>.COM</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:788px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Email Attachments</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:797px; left:88px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>.BAS</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:804px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Email attachment security permanently prevents users from accessing several file</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:810px; left:88px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>.VBS</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:816px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>types when received as attachments. Affected file types include executables, batch</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:823px; left:88px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>.JS</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:829px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>files, and other file types that contain executable code often used by virus writers.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:835px; left:88px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>.ISN</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:848px; left:88px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>.LNK</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:851px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Object Model Guard</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:861px; left:88px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>.PIF</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:867px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Object Model Guard prompts users with a dialog box when an external program</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:880px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>attempts to access their Outlook address book or send email on their behalf, which</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:892px; left:83px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Figure 1 Level 1 security files.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:892px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>is how viruses such as ILOVEYOU spread.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:950px; left:52px' class="ft5"><pre><font face='Helvetica'>Issue 123:October 2000</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:943px; left:261px' class="ft6"><pre><font face='Arial'><b>PC</b> <b>Network</b> <b>Advisor</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:950px; left:612px' class="ft5"><pre><font face='Helvetica'>File: P1835.1</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:962px; left:52px' class="ft5"><pre><font face='Helvetica'>page 7</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:962px; left:558px' class="ft5"><pre><font face='Helvetica'>Problem Solving:Internet</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:967px; left:302px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Helvetica'><b>www.itp journals.com</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" class='nav' style='left: 357px; top: 1010px'><pre>Next page <a href='page0002.htm'>></a></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:1050px; left:50px' class="ft4"><pre><b><font color="#FF0000" size="3" face="Arial">New!</font><font color="#FF0000" size="3" face="Arial Narrow"> </font><font size="2" face="Arial">The best sites for quality <a href="http://www.inkjet-printer-cartridges.org">inkjet printer cartridges</a> and the best sites for <a href="http://www.cheap-inkjet-cartridges.com">cheap inkjet cartridges</a></font></b></pre></span></body> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:1100px; left:300px' class="ft4"><pre><b><font color="#FF0000" size="3" face="Arial"><a href="../index.html">Windows Help Desk Home</a> </font></b></pre></span></body></html>