Casting Outlook Express is not bad

Microsoft Outlook Express is a popular free email client tool bundled on the Windows platform. "She" is easy to install and easy to operate, and is favored by many users. (Windows Vista no longer uses Outlook Express as an email tool, instead of Windows Mail ).

However, Outlook Express is also an important target for many hackers and viruses at present and in the future, because "she" is an e-mail client tool (that is, the most popular way to spread viruses ), she is closely integrated with Internet Explorer (the browser most "valued" by hackers. However, we cannot avoid "her" because we are so warmly welcomed by these bad guys, instead, use the paid email tools to process our emails. Today, we have forged several pieces of armor against these bad guys for her.

That is to say, you can still use Outlook Express safely. You just need to add some security for her and follow a few simple rules to use it with confidence. Next we will introduce several ways to make your Outlook Express more secure.

Don't let your application send an email

As we all know, viruses have the characteristics of self-replication and can be shared by other computers. The virus will do everything possible to do this with Outlook Express. However, it is also quite simple to prevent it. Follow these steps: Open your Outlook Express, open the "Tools" menu, and click the "options" command. In the displayed dialog box, click the "Security" tab and select the check box "Warn me (W)" When other applications attempt to send an email in my name. Click OK, as shown in.

 

Disable HTML-format emails

Although HTML-format e-mails have both images and hyperlinks and seem "cool", in general, this is a very dangerous format. Web worm (Web bugs), fake links, and a large number of other security threats will cause great harm to your computer system. Sometimes, simply opening an HTML-format email will launch a malicious attack. This is why I recommend text-format emails.

To disable HTML-format e-mails in Outlook Express, open "Tools"/"options" After enabling Outlook Express, and select the "read" tab, select "read all information in plain text format (R)" and click "OK", as shown in:

 

Do not use the Preview pane

When we scan the email list, the Preview pane is very useful. However, it is actually quite dangerous: During previewing, the operating system will consider previewing an email and opening the email, that is, loading it into the memory. Can you say this is not dangerous? To disable this feature, open "View"/"layout" After enabling Outlook Express, deselect "display preview", and click "OK.

For example:

 

Disable JavaScript

Malicious use of JavaScript may leak computer information, especially browsing history and cookies. Although it cannot format your hard disk, it can help malicious guys steal information without your knowledge.

Because of the high integration of Outlook Express and Internet Explorer, it takes much time to disable JavaScript. Follow these steps:

1. In the Outlook Express window, open "Tools"/"options" and select the "Security" tab.

2. Select the "restricted site area" check box and click "OK ". Site.bmp:

 

3. Click Start/control panel and double-click Internet Options"

4. Click the "Security" tab and click "Custom Level (c )..." Button.

5. Drag the scroll bar, find "script"/"activity script", and select "Disable ". Click OK to exit.

Note that Visual Basic script (VBS) is also disabled )..

Block Potential Malicious attachments

The attachment brings us convenience, but it may also cause us a disaster. However, security is always the most critical. To disable malicious attachments, Click Tools/options in the Outlook Express window, select the Security tab, and under the virus protection tab, enable "do not allow saving or opening attachments that may have viruses (n)", and then click "OK.

If this option is enabled, Outlook Express uses the list of insecure files in Internet Explorer 6 and the "download and enable Settings" in the "Folder Options" to determine whether the file is secure, downloading any email attachments whose file type reports are "insecure" is prohibited.

Note: by default, this option is enabled for Outlook Express Service Pack 1.

Conclusion

Outlook Express is a very easy-to-use and convenient E-mail client tool. We do not need to avoid "her" because of its security integration with Internet Explorer, because you can use the methods described in this article to increase her security. However, one thing is always crucial: Before you open an email attachment to anyone you are not familiar with, you must use the latest anti-virus software or simply do not open it. Have a good time!

Note: The figure captured in this article is Windows Xp Professional SP2 Environment