[ale] OT: Is MS Outbreak really this dangerous?

[hbbs at attbi.com (hbbs at attbi.com)]

A company-wide e-mail just came down the pike stating:

"Due to viruses that can infect your computer simply by being previewed in your
e-mail program, it is company policy that the preview pane (the window at the
bottom of Outlook and Outlook Express that shows messages without opening them)
be turned off on your inbox folder."

Is it really this dangerous to use Outlook or is this an
aluminum-foil-on-the-head/paint-inside-of-CD-player-green thing?

How susceptible are other Windows mail clients (e.g., Mozilla)?  Wouldn't
run-of-the-mill Windows AV software catch such "preview viruses" as long as the
AV SW knew about them?

- Jeff
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