Blocked ".exe" attachments

I'm having a weird problem in Outlook 2000. I sent myself an ".exe" attachment from another PC, but when I tried to receive it on my primary PC, I got that "Outlook blocked access to the following potentially unsafe attachments:..." The weird thing is, I've been able to receive attachments before without this problem and I haven't (knowingly) made any changes to my settings. I have another PC with Outlook Express installed and I did NOT have this problem receiving it there.

I can't seem to find any settings to fix this myself. What could be the casue and how can I change this? I have anti-virus software installed and I keep it up-to-date, so I would prefer to judge attachments on my own.

Thanks in advance.

--- Gary

You update your Office 2000 as well? This security feature has been arround
for quite some time now. Note that it is not a good practise to have
executables and scripts send to you this way. A virus outbreak can then be
just 1 click away. A virusscanner won't do you any good if the virus hasn't
been recognized yet, an anti-virus hasn't been written or you haven't
updated your virusscanner yet.

Anyway;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/blockedattachments.htm

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Navigation Pane Tips & Tricks
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

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"GTifeld" wrote in message
...
I'm having a weird problem in Outlook 2000. I sent myself an ".exe"
attachment from another PC, but when I tried to receive it on my primary
PC, I got that "Outlook blocked access to the following potentially unsafe
attachments:..." The weird thing is, I've been able to receive attachments
before without this problem and I haven't (knowingly) made any changes to
my settings. I have another PC with Outlook Express installed and I did
NOT have this problem receiving it there.

I can't seem to find any settings to fix this myself. What could be the
casue and how can I change this? I have anti-virus software installed and
I keep it up-to-date, so I would prefer to judge attachments on my own.

Thanks in advance.

--- Gary

Gary, look through today's messages for one titled "Outlook interferes when
I use IE to send link by email" by "bondman"; you'll find what you need in
there. I modified my pc's registry to get around this.

-Thomas

"GTifeld" wrote in message
...
I'm having a weird problem in Outlook 2000. I sent myself an ".exe"
attachment from another PC, but when I tried to receive it on my primary PC,
I got that "Outlook blocked access to the following potentially unsafe
attachments:..." The weird thing is, I've been able to receive attachments
before without this problem and I haven't (knowingly) made any changes to my
settings. I have another PC with Outlook Express installed and I did NOT
have this problem receiving it there.

I can't seem to find any settings to fix this myself. What could be the
casue and how can I change this? I have anti-virus software installed and I
keep it up-to-date, so I would prefer to judge attachments on my own.

Thanks in advance.

--- Gary

The Outlook E-mail Security Update, included in Outlook
SR1, will block exe files. If you have updated to Outlook
SR1 from Microsoft's suggested updates, this was included.
-----Original Message-----
I'm having a weird problem in Outlook 2000. I sent myself
an ".exe" attachment from another PC, but when I tried to
receive it on my primary PC, I got that "Outlook blocked
access to the following potentially unsafe
attachments:..." The weird thing is, I've been able to
receive attachments before without this problem and I
haven't (knowingly) made any changes to my settings. I
have another PC with Outlook Express installed and I did
NOT have this problem receiving it there.

I can't seem to find any settings to fix this myself.
What could be the casue and how can I change this? I have
anti-virus software installed and I keep it up-to-date, so
I would prefer to judge attachments on my own.

Thanks in advance.

--- Gary
.

Attachment file types blocked by Outlook
There are two levels of attachment security. Access to
level 1 files is blocked and can't be changed. When you
receive an attachment with a level 2 file type, you will
be prompted to save the file to your hard disk. If you use
Microsoft Exchange Server, your administrator can add and
remove file types for both levels of e-mail security. If a
file type is added to both levels, it will be treated as a
level 1 file type.

Level 1
File extension File type
..ade Microsoft Access project extension
..adp Microsoft Access project
..bas Microsoft Visual Basic class module
..bat Batch file
..chm Compiled HTML Help file
..cmd Microsoft Windows NT Command Script
..com Microsoft MS-DOS program
..cpl Control Panel extension
..crt Security certificate
..exe Program
..hlp Help file
..hta HTML program
..inf Setup Information
..ins Internet Naming Service
..isp Internet Communication settings
..js JScript file
..jse Jscript Encoded Script file
..lnk Shortcut
..mda Microsoft Access add-in program
..mdb Microsoft Access program
..mde Microsoft Access MDE database
..mdz Microsoft Access wizard program
..msc Microsoft Common Console Document
..msi Microsoft Windows Installer package
..msp Windows Installer patch
..mst Visual Test source files
..pcd Photo CD image or Microsoft Visual Test compiled
script
..pif Shortcut to MS-DOS program
..reg Registration entries
..scr Screen saver
..sct Windows Script Component
..shs Shell Scrap Object
..url Internet shortcut
..vb VBScript file
..vbe VBScript Encoded Script file
..vbs VBScript file
..wsc Windows Script Component
..wsf Windows Script file
..wsh Windows Script Host Settings file

Level 2
File extension File type
none
A good idea is to change the file extension before you
send it and rrename it when you recieve it That is a work
around By those are blocked by default by MS
-----Original Message-----
I'm having a weird problem in Outlook 2000. I sent myself
an ".exe" attachment from another PC, but when I tried to
receive it on my primary PC, I got that "Outlook blocked
access to the following potentially unsafe
attachments:..." The weird thing is, I've been able to
receive attachments before without this problem and I
haven't (knowingly) made any changes to my settings. I
have another PC with Outlook Express installed and I did
NOT have this problem receiving it there.

I can't seem to find any settings to fix this myself.
What could be the casue and how can I change this? I have
anti-virus software installed and I keep it up-to-date, so
I would prefer to judge attachments on my own.

Thanks in advance.

--- Gary
.

Thank you for your response.

Yes, I do routinely check for updates to Outlook 2000. I have seen this happen in older versions of Outlook Express, but like i said, I'd been able to receive them in OL2K for quite some time and I did not knowingly make any changes.

I also understand the risk in receiveing EXE attachments, but I never open them if I don't recognize them. All my messages display in the preview pane, so I won't even open the message if it looks suspicious.

If sending EXE files via email is too risky, then what's the alternative? Zipping them?

Thanks again for your response?

Regards,

--- Gary

"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

You update your Office 2000 as well? This security feature has been arround
for quite some time now. Note that it is not a good practise to have
executables and scripts send to you this way. A virus outbreak can then be
just 1 click away. A virusscanner won't do you any good if the virus hasn't
been recognized yet, an anti-virus hasn't been written or you haven't
updated your virusscanner yet.

Anyway;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/blockedattachments.htm

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Navigation Pane Tips & Tricks
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

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"GTifeld" wrote in message
...
I'm having a weird problem in Outlook 2000. I sent myself an ".exe"
attachment from another PC, but when I tried to receive it on my primary
PC, I got that "Outlook blocked access to the following potentially unsafe
attachments:..." The weird thing is, I've been able to receive attachments
before without this problem and I haven't (knowingly) made any changes to
my settings. I have another PC with Outlook Express installed and I did
NOT have this problem receiving it there.

I can't seem to find any settings to fix this myself. What could be the
casue and how can I change this? I have anti-virus software installed and
I keep it up-to-date, so I would prefer to judge attachments on my own.

Thanks in advance.

--- Gary

Hi Thomas. Thank you for your response.

I'll check out those messages. Thanks again.

Regards,

--- Gary

"Thomas H" wrote:

Gary, look through today's messages for one titled "Outlook interferes when
I use IE to send link by email" by "bondman"; you'll find what you need in
there. I modified my pc's registry to get around this.

-Thomas

"GTifeld" wrote in message
...
I'm having a weird problem in Outlook 2000. I sent myself an ".exe"
attachment from another PC, but when I tried to receive it on my primary PC,
I got that "Outlook blocked access to the following potentially unsafe
attachments:..." The weird thing is, I've been able to receive attachments
before without this problem and I haven't (knowingly) made any changes to my
settings. I have another PC with Outlook Express installed and I did NOT
have this problem receiving it there.

I can't seem to find any settings to fix this myself. What could be the
casue and how can I change this? I have anti-virus software installed and I
keep it up-to-date, so I would prefer to judge attachments on my own.

Thanks in advance.

--- Gary

Yep, zipping them. See the link I posted for my complete recommendations ;-)

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Navigation Pane Tips & Tricks
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

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"GTifeld" wrote in message
...
Thank you for your response.

Yes, I do routinely check for updates to Outlook 2000. I have seen this
happen in older versions of Outlook Express, but like i said, I'd been
able to receive them in OL2K for quite some time and I did not knowingly
make any changes.

I also understand the risk in receiveing EXE attachments, but I never open
them if I don't recognize them. All my messages display in the preview
pane, so I won't even open the message if it looks suspicious.

If sending EXE files via email is too risky, then what's the alternative?
Zipping them?

Thanks again for your response?

Regards,

--- Gary

"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

You update your Office 2000 as well? This security feature has been
arround
for quite some time now. Note that it is not a good practise to have
executables and scripts send to you this way. A virus outbreak can then
be
just 1 click away. A virusscanner won't do you any good if the virus
hasn't
been recognized yet, an anti-virus hasn't been written or you haven't
updated your virusscanner yet.

Anyway;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/blockedattachments.htm

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Navigation Pane Tips & Tricks
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

-----
"GTifeld" wrote in message
...
I'm having a weird problem in Outlook 2000. I sent myself an ".exe"
attachment from another PC, but when I tried to receive it on my
primary
PC, I got that "Outlook blocked access to the following potentially
unsafe
attachments:..." The weird thing is, I've been able to receive
attachments
before without this problem and I haven't (knowingly) made any changes
to
my settings. I have another PC with Outlook Express installed and I did
NOT have this problem receiving it there.

I can't seem to find any settings to fix this myself. What could be the
casue and how can I change this? I have anti-virus software installed
and
I keep it up-to-date, so I would prefer to judge attachments on my own.

Thanks in advance.

--- Gary