It's specifically in the email client. All post-2002 versions of Outlook and Outlook Express.
You say "But that doesn't appear to be true..." I think that's because most users are running four year old software and have never patched it.
To produce a PDF from Word, do File>SaveAsPDF. Or click on the "ToPDF" button on the toolbar. Or File>Print>PDFWriter. This has been present since Word97. The last technique also works with every other windows app.
PS. the PDF functionality comes as a plugin, rather than being incorporated monolithically into the main program. Also, you pay for it.
There's no technical information about this, and no substantiation from a reliable message source.
I think it's bogus.
As long as Tools>Options>Security is set to "Restricted" (ie. it's default setting in both Outlook and Outlook Express) then ActiveX is disabled, meta refresh is disabled, scripting is disabled,...
Or for users of Outlook, Tools>Options>Preferences>Email and "Read all mail in plain text". No HTML viruses can get through that.
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It's specifically in the email client. All post-2002 versions of Outlook and Outlook Express. You say "But that doesn't appear to be true..." I think that's because most users are running four year old software and have never patched it.
On Windows with recent (post-2002) MS software, you need to...
(1) Tools>Options>Security and turn off the security checkbox. (2) save the attachment. (3) run it.
Very few users know about step 1.
No.
To produce a PDF from Word, do File>SaveAsPDF. Or click on the "ToPDF" button on the toolbar. Or File>Print>PDFWriter. This has been present since Word97. The last technique also works with every other windows app. PS. the PDF functionality comes as a plugin, rather than being incorporated monolithically into the main program. Also, you pay for it.
There's no technical information about this, and no substantiation from a reliable message source.
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I think it's bogus.
As long as Tools>Options>Security is set to "Restricted" (ie. it's default setting in both Outlook and Outlook Express) then ActiveX is disabled, meta refresh is disabled, scripting is disabled,
Or for users of Outlook, Tools>Options>Preferences>Email and "Read all mail in plain text". No HTML viruses can get through that.