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Q174009: Mail Attachment Security Add-on Available

Article: Q174009
Product(s): The Microsoft Network
Version(s): WINDOWS:1.2,1.3,2.0,2.5,95
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbtool kbmsn
Last Modified: 16-JUN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- The Microsoft Network versions 1.2, 1.3, 2.0, 2.5 
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 95 
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SUMMARY
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Although e-mail provides an efficient and easy way to share information, you may
run the risk of unknowingly opening an attachment that starts a program or
executable code that could cause damage to your computer.

Microsoft provides a security feature to provide you with a warning before
attachments are opened. Microsoft encourages all MSN, The Microsoft Network,
members who are using Microsoft Exchange versions 4.x or 5.x, Windows Messaging,
or Microsoft Outlook 97 as their e-mail program to download the Mail Attachment
Security Add-on for Microsoft Mail Clients. To do so, visit the following
Microsoft Web site:

  http://www.microsoft.com/security/bulletins/mailaddon.asp

If you use Microsoft Internet Mail and News, you can obtain a similar mail
security attachment add-on by installing Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02. To
obtain Internet Explorer 3.02, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

  http://www.microsoft.com/ie/download/

MORE INFORMATION
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The Mail Security Attachment Add-on protects you from opening attachments that
have been altered to start a program or executable code that might damage your
computer. If the add-on detects that an attachment has been changed, you receive
a warning message. You are then prompted to choose whether or not to open the
attachment. In addition, you have the ability to bypass the warning for selected
file types that you feel comfortable opening without a warning, as well as for
executable code that is signed using Authenticode.

Authenticode is a technology that software publishers use to sign their products,
helping to ensure that content and files you download from the Internet are
authentic and safe.

Additional query words: msn

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Keywords          : kbtool kbmsn 
Technology        : kbOSWin95 kbOSWinSearch kbMSNSearch kbMSN200 kbMSN130 kbMSN250 kbMSN120
Version           : WINDOWS:1.2,1.3,2.0,2.5,95
Issue type        : kbinfo

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