>Hilmar,
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>In some instances, there isn't a choice. The WSH is an integral part of Win2K and above (including XP Home). Further, some versions of IE install it. So then the only choice is between current and out-dated technology.
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>I think that the approach I take is the safest and sanest. If I get an email from someone with an attachment that I'm not expecting, it goes straight to the bit-bucket. It doesn't matter who the person is or if I know them or not. I've done this to both my wife and daughter. I've battled with viruses on friends computers that got there because they launched an attachment from a friend or relative.
What you say does make lots of sense. But please clarify one point, for completeness sake. You say it is "an integral part...". My question now is: can it, or can't it, be disabled on purpose?
Note that I am not suggesting that it is a good idea to do so - I just want to have this detail clear.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
