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Originally Posted by Trent
I got this e-mail tonight... I am horrified..
If virgin media want to protect people then tell them how dont limit there ability to send particular files!
I often create .cmd files to automatically do things on friends pcs so I dont have to explain something technical to someone who doesnt care.. .bas files are useful as this is the standard file format for Visual Basic Files allowing me to create custom functions and pass them on to my friends.
There has go to be a way to stop this?? No??? Why not...
Looks like I am going to have encrypt them and send instructions on how to decrypt my attachments! or password protect the ZIP file!
Pathetic and completely useless VM
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Not pathetic at all..OK, so you create CMD and VB files and email them to friends for legitimate reasons. Fair enough. You can find another archive format and use that. A little inconveniant, but do able.
In the mean time, this will protect a *lot* of users from running infected attachments. After all, if they don't know enough about computer security to known not to run attachments from strangers, they are unlikely to know where to find the documentation that tells them they shouldn't.
Put simply, we've had people advising newbies not to run these attachments (including IIRC on several pages in VM's help site) for years. It hasn't worked.