27. How Do I Disable Attachment Virus Protection In Outlook Express

You may have noticed that when you receive an attachment with an email you are unable to open the attachment or save the attachment to your hard drive. The reason for this is that Outlook Express has the Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus option enabled. Obviously, this is a safeguard against malicious attachments. However, if you receive attachments from friends you need to be able to open them. Here is how you disable the attachment virus protection option.

In Outlook Express click Tools on the main toolbar.
From the drop down menu select Options.
In the options window select the Security tab.
At the top you will see a section marked 'Virus protection'.
The very last option is 'Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus'.
Remove the check mark from this option to disable it.
Click the Apply button.
Finally click OK to exit.