It seems that the "BubbleBoy" virus is real, and a danger to Outlook
Express users: Here's some help from
www.TheNakedPC.com
(A very quick download patch.)
If anyone has details on the efficacy of this fix, I'm all ears.
Quote from NakedPC:
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As for BubbleBoy it's still just a lab experiment but one that
could really cause some damage if it gets loose since it can
infect your computer if you open an email message in Outlook or
just preview it in Outlook Express. But if you've been checking in
regularly on our Office Update page, you'd have installed the fix
for the security hole in two ActiveX controls, scriptlet.typelib
and Eyedog, that BubbleBoy exploits back in August. It's quick
and painless and you can get it here: http://www.thenakedpc.com/t/223/tr.cgi?bboy1