Here is a snip from a prior Wooody's Office Watch newsletter (www.WoodysWatch.com) to turn off VB Script. (I highly recommend subscribing to their newsletter. It's either weekly or bi-weekly, and very informative.

Guy


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SETTINGS TO DISABLE MAIL SCRIPTING
I urge you IN THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS to make TWO
CHANGES which will turn off the automatic running of
scripts in Outlook (or Outlook Express).

1. Change the secure content zone to Restricted Sites: In
Outlook, select Tools | Options | Security. On that tab
there is a drop down in the center panel labeled Zone:.
In the drop down, selected Restricted Sites. In Outlook
Express, you also go to the Tools | Options | Security
tab but here it is the top panel and it is a radio
button called Restricted Sites.

2. Adjust the Restricted Sites setting to disable Active
Scripts: With Outlook, you can access the detailed
security settings by clicking the button marked Zone
Settings on Outlook's Tools | Options | Security tab.
Or with either program, you can open IE, pick Tools |
Options | Security (in IE, not Outlook or OE). In this
dialog, select Restricted Zones in the top window and
click on Custom Level. Scroll down to the fourth item
from the end which is Scripting | Active Scripting.
Microsoft's crazy default is Enable. Change that to
Disable. DO IT NOW.

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>> Further, I believe that Outlook can be set up so that double clicking an >attachment with certain extensions (vbs, vbe, js, and jse) open them in >Notepad rather than running them. I've never tried to do it, but I think it >can be done. If I'm wrong about this, I hope someone will let me know.
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>I had out ITSO read this thread over my shoulder. Now I am trying to figure out how to do the above(silly me, yet more work). I quickly found out that Outlook's rules wizard is no help there. Any pointers would be appreciated George.