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College Bans Microsoft Outlook
from the too-many-viruses dept
In a backlash against all the viruses that seem to run through Microsoft Outlook holes, Cambridge women’s college Newnham has banned the use of Outlook and Outlook Express on campus. Apparently, their network admin folks were sick of cleaning after each virus mess, and are going to force people to use safer email clients. Of course, many viruses will still run no matter what client you’re using, but Outlook has a number of features that make it even more likely to get infected and pass on a virus.
Comments on “College Bans Microsoft Outlook”
now...
if I only knew how to turn off html markup *and*
java script in netscape communicator
Hmmm sounds familar
I read quite some time ago that sun did the same thing as it posed a security risk to their internal network…
Maybe more admins will follow suit
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perhaps if people used some common sence… “annakournikova.jpg.vbs” or “labassignment2.doc.exe” or most of the time, those virii that come across my school network come from people that i’ve never talked to ever. Some common sence when it comes to computers would go a long way!
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The problem is that common sense ain’t so common anymore.