On 16 Dec 2007 00:18:04 -0600, Plato <|@|.|> wrote:

> Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
> >
> > > > At first I got this message when I tried to open an email attachment. Now
> > >
> > > Dont open email attachments unless you are expecinging theml
> >
> > That statement implies that it is safe to open attachments that you
> > are expecting. That is *not* true.
> >
> > Even if you are expecting an attachment from your best and most
> > -trusted friend, if your friend is infected with a virus and doesn't
> > know it, the attachment may also be infected, and if you open it, you
> > are at risk of getting infected. Running an anti-virus program reduces
> > the risk, but does *not* eliminate it.
> >
> > The safest rule, and the one that I follow myself, is not to open
> > E-mail attachments at all.
>
> I save them to a folder, then scan them first.


That's fine, and certainly good to do. However, people should be aware
that that *reduces* the risk; it doesn't eliminate it. Anti-virus
programs are never perfect, and can not be perfect.

To repeat, the safest rule is not to open E-mail attachments at all.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
Please Reply to the Newsgroup