Are there any good Emoticom sites that works safely w/Outlook?

[dlh_fl]

With all the Cyber attacks lately, I'm nervous about downloading anything
that opens doors to my PC undetected.

Does anyone know of a safe Emoticom site(s) that works well and safely with
MS Outlook? If the emoticoms are free--even better!

Thanks.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

With all the Cyber attacks lately, I'm nervous about downloading
anything that opens doors to my PC undetected.

That's smart. Make sure you are behind a good firewall, that you keep your
OS and applications patched (Windows Update/Office Update), and that you
have good, constantly updated antivirus software. Also run Spybot & AdAware
periodically to check for malware - and don't install *anything* you don't
need, and don't know to be safe/trustworthy.

Does anyone know of a safe Emoticom site(s) that works well and
safely with MS Outlook? If the emoticoms are free--even better!

Thanks.

No idea, and I wouldn't trust anything I found anyway. Why do you need fancy
emoticons at all? If you use word as your email editor, it will make some
for you - as in, colon close-paren will make a smiley. Keep your e-mail
simple (no stationery, animated gifs, etc.) and your recipients will thank
you for it.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

And to add to what Lanwench has said, avoid at all costs Hotbar and other
add-ins that install spyware, trojans, backdoors, etc.

The best advice is to avoid any Emoticon add-ins as they add no value except
risk.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, dlh_fl asked:

| With all the Cyber attacks lately, I'm nervous about downloading
| anything that opens doors to my PC undetected.
|
| Does anyone know of a safe Emoticom site(s) that works well and
| safely with MS Outlook? If the emoticoms are free--even better!
|
| Thanks.