E-mail Safety 101 Reminder
In addition to the obvious e-mail netiquette of using BCC when sending to multiple recipients, deleting all the “TO”s and “FROM” before you forward e-mail, and use discretion before choosing to forward every single email you get to others, please remember to be very careful before opening any e-mail even if it looks like it is from a legitimate company. Microsoft and other legitimate companies do not send you e-mail notices to download or ask you to click on a link from within an e-mail regarding upgrades/updates. Quality software and browsers contain their own “Update” button and/or set via options/preferences - always use that method for updating software and browsers.
Of note this week regarding e-mail scams and viruses:
1. DO NOT open or click links within any e-mail with the subject “CNN.com Daily Top 20″ or any other subject from CNN. Delete it immediately. This is a new and very high-volume scam. Opening the email will not infect your computer, but clicking on links in the body of the e-mail, you will be infected with an extremely malicious trojan.
2. DO NOT open an e-mail with the subject line “Internet Explorer 7″ which “looks like” it appears to have come from admin @ microsoft.com - it is NOT from Microsoft. Do not download anything or click any links in this email. You risk infecting your computer with a trojan that can turn your computer into part of a spam-sending botnet - or compromise your security or personal information, or both. Delete the email immediately.
If you do not have a strong anti-virus program that updates daily, get one!
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