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 Security Check your Mail Security - Outlook & Outlook Express
Here is another good tip from my friend across the big pond.
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Got this from Gizmo. This excellent site can assist you in testing your email security. Although I use webmail and I have tested with one of my rarely used POP mail, I can vouch that the tests carried out are extensive:
 
o VBS file vulnerability test
o CLSID extension vulnerability test
o MIME header vulnerability test
o ActiveX vulnerability test
o Malformed file extension vulnerability test (for Outlook 2002 - XP)
o CLSID extension vulnerability test (for Outlook 2002 - XP)
o GFI's Access exploit vulnerability test
o Object Codebase vulnerability test
o Iframe remote vulnerability test
o Eicar anti-virus test
o Fragmented Message test
o Long Subject Attachment Checking Bypass (for Outlook Express 6)
o Long Subject Attachment Checking Bypass (for Outlook 2000)
o Attachment with no filename vulnerability test
o Long Filename vulnerability test
o Popup Object Exploit vulnerability test
o Double File extension vulnerability test
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