Email attachments

[goodknees]

Q1-Can emails w/o attachments spread virus?
Q2-If email attachment has virus and attachment is not opened, is virus
spread?

 

[Malke]

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
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

 

[goodknees]

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
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>

 

[Malke]

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
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

 

[goodknees]

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
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>

 

[Milo \(MSPSS\)]

"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 ( 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

 

[kurt wismer]

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]

Thank you

Malke

 

[priji]

Thank you

Malke

your information is very useful, thank you very much