RE: Scam alert: Yahoo needs $500 for each user to fix security problems.
March 15, 2017 at 11:42 pm
(This post was last modified: March 15, 2017 at 11:43 pm by ignoramus.)
Good question...
We get heaps of dodgy zips, exe, bat, etc. attached to emails...
Even HTML links you don't touch! Sadly, the way viruses spread is from infected accounts of which you are a contact, so the trust factor can get you before you had a chance to realise...
Many, most email clients are web enabled so maybe Tibs or others can offer any insight as to whether just looking at the email will try to infect your machine...
M$ being PC, will easily allow you to overwrite their safe defaults, so the onus is always on the user...
Plus it helps sell more computers....
We get heaps of dodgy zips, exe, bat, etc. attached to emails...
Even HTML links you don't touch! Sadly, the way viruses spread is from infected accounts of which you are a contact, so the trust factor can get you before you had a chance to realise...
Many, most email clients are web enabled so maybe Tibs or others can offer any insight as to whether just looking at the email will try to infect your machine...
M$ being PC, will easily allow you to overwrite their safe defaults, so the onus is always on the user...
Plus it helps sell more computers....
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