re: lexplorer Saturday, March 31, 2007 at 11:42 am Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Peter (278 messages posted) No, I never assumed that malware was the cause.It was more to the point that a different viewer and browser might be a good work around for the problem. The fact remains that using IE it's only a matter of time before malware does become a problem and that's why I mentioned the security aspect as well. On Saturday, March 31, 2007 at 10:34 am, Ed wrote: >Peter, you seem to be suggesting that Roy's problem is due to a virus infection, >but there is nothing to indicate this. > >The problem appears to be simple. Roy's system is configured so that .bmp and .gif >image files are being handled by Internet Explorer. All that he needs to do is install >a dedicated image program, such as Irfanview, to handle image files (instead of using >IE to do that). > >Ed > > > Written in response to: re: lexplorer (Ed: Saturday, March 31, 2007 at 11:34 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] lexplorer (roy: Mon, Mar 26, 2007, 5:56 pm) re: lexplorer (Ed: Wed, Mar 28, 2007, 5:21 am) re: lexplorer (Peter: Fri, Mar 30, 2007, 10:55 am) re: lexplorer (Ed: Sat, Mar 31, 2007, 11:34 am) re: lexplorer (Peter: Sat, Mar 31, 2007, 11:42 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Me Discussion Forum