Re: Spyquakeware is back!!!

news.rcn.com wrote:
Thanks guys but I had already done all of that last time and don't use IE any more. As far as I can see, this virus seems to propagate itself by IE being installed rather than being in use. (I DO use a highly updated Firefox).

I suppose it might be coming in through a vulnerability in Outlook's browser capability but MS doesn't seem to know much about how Outlook does and/or doesn't work.

well, here's a little tidbit... outlook uses IE to render your emails... so if you're still using outlook (and you haven't turned off html rendering entirely - if that's even possible) then you are in fact still using IE...

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