Advanced Security for Outlook

Some of my friends still use Outlook because they need the excellent calendar functionality and I’m forced to live with it at work as well. I guess a lot of other users have to work with Outlook as well that is why I thought it would be a nice idea to write about the software Advanced Security for Outlook.

Advanced Security for Outlook is an add-in for Outlook that gives the user more information about security alerts and options to configure how those alerts should be handled in the future. The default Outlook alert does not mention which program is trying to access Outlook for instance, which can be changed with the help of this program.

Not knowing which program is seen as a threat by Outlook can be a frustrating and sometimes costly experience.

This Outlook add-in is also very useful if you get bombarded with security alerts in regular intervals. You can easily turn them off using this add-in. Whenever a security alert pops up the user has the choice to allow access, block access or call the default handler and check whether he would like to use this action from now on for this security alert.

his add-in for Outlook solves all of the above problems providing the information not only about the type of alert, but also about what program caused it and makes it possible for the user to specify what status this program should have: allow access, block access or run the default Outlook handler. Later on you can change or delete the decision taken.

Advanced Security for Outlook is compatible with all 32-bit versions of Microsoft’s messaging software from Outlook 2000 to the very latest version. The add-in will run on all Microsoft operating systems from Windows 95 on. Downloads are provided at the developer website.

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Author: Martin Brinkmann, Sunday July 22, 2007 -
Tags:microsoft outlook, outlook, outlook security