Outlook finally virus free
I can’t begin to describe how happy this exquisite dialog made me feel this morning. I was synchronizing my Nokia 6620 with Outlook (more on this phone very soon) and I was wondering why the process was taking so long, until I realized that Outlook was waiting for me to grant access to my address book.
It’s taken a while, but I have to chalk this up to Microsoft. Now, if only Windows required a password before installing any new application, I could finally ditch all my anti-junkware programs (and if you are an Apple fan and you want to point out that MacOS already does this, please don’t).
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On a somewhat related note, Windows is very frustrating for me because I have small children. Many of the kids' programs are very poorly written and will not work when executed under my 5-year old's restricted account. It is scary letting him run his games as an administrator, but that seems to be a requirement for some of his games.
OS X doesn't need to do it because there are no viruses. :D
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OS X also has few apps.
<strong>Otaku, Cedric's weblog: Outlook finally virus free</strong> Link: Otaku, Cedric's weblog: Outlook finally virus free. Outlook has had this feature for a long time which is why I don't trust it. I've used Nokia PC Connecitivty with both Outlook XP and 2003 and both behaved this way.
My OS X system has some spyware and viruses, fortunately they are all inside my VirtualPC installation and stored away in Mail.app folders just in case someone makes me angry.
Cedric.... Why using Outlook? do you like problems?
OS X already DOES prompt you to install apps. How's the view from back there in the 90s?
This feature's been in Outlook for quite a while now. I recall being confronted by this dialog about a year ago.
There is something called outlook redemption which if installed can bypass the outlook security check: http://www.dimastr.com/redemption/ It is intended for genuine programs which need to access outlook objects (I used it a while ago for an Outlook SMS plugin), but I guess it could be hijacked for nefarious purposes... so maybe dont bin your anti-junkware just yet.