It is often difficult to identify an infected e-mail message. The way modern viruses and mass mailing internet worms function, messages can seem to arrive from friends or colleagues. In reality most infected messages are being automatically sent by another infected machine who has no idea their machine even has a problem. Since the virus or worm pretend to be the owner of the infected computer it can be hard for you when you get unexpected email messages from them.
Here are a few important things to watch for:
1) E-mail messages from people you don’t know (including and especially SPAM). These are usually the culprits that put a virus on your computer.
2) E-mail messages from friends or family that you were not expecting (especially if they contain attachments). It is possible that these may not be from people you know, but may actually be spam messages.
3) Attachments in an email with subject lines that seem inappropriate or strange, even if it’s from someone you know. For example, an email from your retired father who is on a beach in Mexio titled “Update on system report” is suspicious.
4) You should NEVER EVER...
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