I did not open this file.
The script ran from the preview pane as soon as it displayed.

I always look at addresses, subject lines and scan attachments before
opening any
email.  I don't know yet how this executed.

Jim Mc Coy
----- Original Message -----
From: David Burney <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: Suspected hacker attack - Can anyone advise?


> On Monday, May 22, 2000 1:18 PM, Jim McCoy  wrote:
> : In my email this morning, I found a suspicious email which I had enough
> : sense not to open.  Bit I was still outsmarted by it.
> :
> : It was from an odd/unidentifiable email address with a subject of "How
are
> : you?".  There was no attachment.  I had the Preview pane in Outlook
activated
> and
> : the  message was blank.
> :
> : Apparently a script was able to activate that launched MSIE and linked
to a
> : foreign web site.
>
> <snip>
>
> Jim, just to clarify. Are you saying that you didn't actually open the
> message itself, yet the preview pane of Outlook, in a sense, did ?
> Therefore activating the aforementioned script ?
>
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