RG> Personally, I use "Quick view plus". It lets you view zip files
RG> without having to extract them, and if I do want to extract
RG> them it allow the option to ignore any stored paths, thus allow
RG> me to save the files where *I* want them saved.

 The only way you can see what's in the file is to unzip it... unless
you just read the archive.

RG> You also need to keep in mind that viruses spread via zip files
RG> are actually quite harmless - it is quite safe to unzip them
RG> without any fear of infection. The infection can only occur by
RG> running the executables that they may contain.

 I thought that was the problem... that M$ Explorer will run cookies
and crap like that, without you even knowing. If you've loaded Java,
you don't an executable.

RG> Why haven't I been infected you may ask? Bloody simple. I just
RG> don't run ANY executable program unless I know for sure that it
RG> isn't infected. You cannot get a virus simply by reading email
RG> (unless you happen to be using one of the old versions of
RG> MSoutlook that foolishly enabled email attachments to be run
RG> without user intervention).

 I thought M$ had just admitted that you can override that via
Windows itself.

RG> The only way to get a virus infection is by actually RUNNING a
RG> virus infected executable. If people stopped doing this,
RG> viruses would cease to exist !!!! The fact that there are so
RG> many virus's around these days is testomony that the majority
RG> of computer users are basically idiots!!

 The majority of them use Windows, and it's Microsoft that are the
idiots!

Regards,
Bob
   

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