Email attachments

[Guest goodknees]

Q1-Can emails w/o attachments spread virus?

Q2-If email attachment has virus and attachment is not opened, is virus

spread?

[Guest Malke]

Re: Email attachments

 

goodknees wrote:

> Q1-Can emails w/o attachments spread virus?

> Q2-If email attachment has virus and attachment is not opened, is virus

> spread?

 

1. Yes, sometimes - if not in plain text.

2. Usually not.

 

For more information about viruses and staying safe, do some reading at

some of these sites:

 

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=27971 - So How Did I Get

Infected Anyway?

http://www.getsafeonline.org/

https://www.mysecurecyberspace.com/

http://www.getnetwise.org/

http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_Removal_and_Prevention:_Introduction

http://www.claymania.com/safe-hex.html

http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm - The Parasite Fight

http://msmvps.com/blogs/harrywaldron/archive/2006/02/05/82584.aspx - MVP

Harry Waldron - The Family PC - How to stay safe on the Internet

http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm - Eric Howes on

Rogue Antispyware Programs

 

 

Malke

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[Guest goodknees]

Re: Email attachments

 

1. If I block HTML graphics, does that give me only plain text and prevent

email virus if I don't open attachments?

2. If I block graphics and don't open attachments, will that prevent email

virus? If usually not, what would prevent it 100% other than to not use

email?

 

"Malke" wrote:

> goodknees wrote:

> > Q1-Can emails w/o attachments spread virus?

> > Q2-If email attachment has virus and attachment is not opened, is virus

> > spread?

>

> 1. Yes, sometimes - if not in plain text.

> 2. Usually not.

>

> For more information about viruses and staying safe, do some reading at

> some of these sites:

>

> http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=27971 - So How Did I Get

> Infected Anyway?

> http://www.getsafeonline.org/

> https://www.mysecurecyberspace.com/

> http://www.getnetwise.org/

> http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_Removal_and_Prevention:_Introduction

> http://www.claymania.com/safe-hex.html

> http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm - The Parasite Fight

> http://msmvps.com/blogs/harrywaldron/archive/2006/02/05/82584.aspx - MVP

> Harry Waldron - The Family PC - How to stay safe on the Internet

> http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm - Eric Howes on

> Rogue Antispyware Programs

>

>

> Malke

> --

> Elephant Boy Computers

> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com

> "Don't Panic!"

> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

>

[Guest Malke]

Re: Email attachments

 

goodknees wrote:

> 1. If I block HTML graphics, does that give me only plain text and prevent

> email virus if I don't open attachments?

 

No. Refer to the Help function of your email program for using plain

text only.

> 2. If I block graphics and don't open attachments, will that prevent email

> virus? If usually not, what would prevent it 100% other than to not use

> email?

 

To prevent 100% never getting a virus, don't ever connect that machine

to the Internet. Don't ever put a strange USB thumbdrive, floppy disk,

or data on it.

>> For more information about viruses and staying safe, do some reading at

>> some of these sites:

>>

>> http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=27971 - So How Did I Get

>> Infected Anyway?

>> http://www.getsafeonline.org/

>> https://www.mysecurecyberspace.com/

>> http://www.getnetwise.org/

>> http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_Removal_and_Prevention:_Introduction

>> http://www.claymania.com/safe-hex.html

>> http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm - The Parasite Fight

>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/harrywaldron/archive/2006/02/05/82584.aspx - MVP

>> Harry Waldron - The Family PC - How to stay safe on the Internet

>> http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm - Eric Howes on

>> Rogue Antispyware Programs

 

Malke

--

Elephant Boy Computers

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com

"Don't Panic!"

MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

[Guest goodknees]

Re: Email attachments

 

If I block graphics and don't open attachments, will that prevent email

virus?

 

"Malke" wrote:

> goodknees wrote:

> > 1. If I block HTML graphics, does that give me only plain text and prevent

> > email virus if I don't open attachments?

>

> No. Refer to the Help function of your email program for using plain

> text only.

>

> > 2. If I block graphics and don't open attachments, will that prevent email

> > virus? If usually not, what would prevent it 100% other than to not use

> > email?

>

> To prevent 100% never getting a virus, don't ever connect that machine

> to the Internet. Don't ever put a strange USB thumbdrive, floppy disk,

> or data on it.

>

> >> For more information about viruses and staying safe, do some reading at

> >> some of these sites:

> >>

> >> http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=27971 - So How Did I Get

> >> Infected Anyway?

> >> http://www.getsafeonline.org/

> >> https://www.mysecurecyberspace.com/

> >> http://www.getnetwise.org/

> >> http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_Removal_and_Prevention:_Introduction

> >> http://www.claymania.com/safe-hex.html

> >> http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm - The Parasite Fight

> >> http://msmvps.com/blogs/harrywaldron/archive/2006/02/05/82584.aspx - MVP

> >> Harry Waldron - The Family PC - How to stay safe on the Internet

> >> http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm - Eric Howes on

> >> Rogue Antispyware Programs

>

> Malke

> --

> Elephant Boy Computers

> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com

> "Don't Panic!"

> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

>

[Guest Milo \(MSPSS\)]

Re: Email attachments

 

 

"goodknees" <goodknees@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:7CFFF274-A54B-4790-B200-48430530C451@microsoft.com...

> If I block graphics and don't open attachments, will that prevent email

> virus?

 

Yes it would, since most common entry of this guys are via attachments,

links within an email and very seldom embedded links within a picture file

which would divert you directly to some site.

 

verify first with your friend or so relative if they did sent an e-mail with

those before opening one with windows mail ( vista ), hotmail.com or live

mail ( http://www.windowslive.com ) pretty much its auto blocked ( pictures and

attachment ) it would ask you first to confirm to view it, while you can

still read the main body of the letter.

 

thanks

[Guest kurt wismer]

Re: Email attachments

 

goodknees wrote:

> If I block graphics and don't open attachments, will that prevent email

> virus?

 

no... follow malke's instructions and refer to the help function of your

email client to set it to plain text only... blocking graphics and

attachments doesn't make it plain text, you have to make sure that it is

not rendering html *at all* (to ensure that it's not parsing any scripts

found in the html email)...

> "Malke" wrote:

>

>> goodknees wrote:

>>> 1. If I block HTML graphics, does that give me only plain text and prevent

>>> email virus if I don't open attachments?

>> No. Refer to the Help function of your email program for using plain

>> text only.

 

 

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[priji]

Re: Email attachments

 

Thank you

 

Malke

[priji]

Re: Email attachments

 

Thank you

 

Malke

 

 

 

your information is very useful, thank you very much