Mark Sexton sends the laugh-out-loud

> FOOT-AND-MOUTH BELIEVED TO BE FIRST VIRUS UNABLE TO SPREAD
> THROUGH MICROSOFT OUTLOOK

Which makes it quite ironic that c|net's NEWS.COM reports today:

  "Outlook 2002, a new e-mail application included with Microsoft's
   forthcoming Office XP business software suite due later this
   spring, will by default reject more than 30 types of files
   sent as e-mail attachments, according to company executives.

  "The files, deemed by Microsoft as most likely to be used by
   hackers to transfer viruses, include some of the most common
   types, such as program execution files, batch files, Windows
   help files, and Java and Visual Basic scripting files. Also
   blocked are photo CD images [why??], screensavers and HTML
   application files, according to a list supplied by Microsoft."

The (fairly long) article is at

   http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5529034.html

--Glenn

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