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I currently have note pad as my e-mail reader; however, I receive som
attachments, via e-mail that I can not read. Can you help?
 
Notepad is your e-mail reader? Please explain how you do this. Since
Notepad is a text only reader, it wouldn't be able to open attachments. You
would have to save the attachment elsewhere on your system, you should then
scan it for viruses and then you should be able to open it assuming you've
saved in a format that can be read by some application on your system.

***NOTE: All attachments should be scanned for viruses. Most viruses are
received from people we know, friends, acquaintances and family members.
The get a virus, often don't realize it and the virus then starts sending
itself to everyone in the person's address book, that's how viruses
propagate so you should be very careful with any attachments whether you
know the source or not.
 
To Michae
Re your "***note:", in reply to Sharon about scanning attachments
I would like to do that but, (as silly as it may sound), I don't know how. Can you advise how I go about scanning viruses on incoming email attachments. Thanks
Franktee

----- Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/Us wrote: ----

Notepad is your e-mail reader? Please explain how you do this. Since
Notepad is a text only reader, it wouldn't be able to open attachments. You
would have to save the attachment elsewhere on your system, you should then
scan it for viruses and then you should be able to open it assuming you've
saved in a format that can be read by some application on your system

***NOTE: All attachments should be scanned for viruses. Most viruses are
received from people we know, friends, acquaintances and family members.
The get a virus, often don't realize it and the virus then starts sending
itself to everyone in the person's address book, that's how viruses
propagate so you should be very careful with any attachments whether you
know the source or not
 
First, you need to have antivirus software installed on your system and you
should be sure to have the latest updates.

Second, when an e-mail comes into Outlook Express, you should see an icon
representing the unopened attachment, depending upon your resolution you may
see it as something similar to a paperclip. Right click that, select "Save
As, " save it to some temporary location outside your e-mail, a temp folder
will do, then right click the file in that location, most antivirus software
also provide an option to that menu to scan the selected file, do so. If
your antivirus doesn't create that option, open your antivirus software, it
should give you an option to scan selected files, select that file and click
scan.

While many antivirus applications now offer the option to scan e-mail, they
may miss the attachment so it's always best to be cautious and scan that
attachment. With potential viruses, it's better to be safe than sorry.
 
To Michael Solomon (MS-MVP)
Thank you for the info
Frankte

----- Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/Us wrote: ----

First, you need to have antivirus software installed on your system and you
should be sure to have the latest updates

Second, when an e-mail comes into Outlook Express, you should see an icon
representing the unopened attachment, depending upon your resolution you may
see it as something similar to a paperclip. Right click that, select "Save
As, " save it to some temporary location outside your e-mail, a temp folder
will do, then right click the file in that location, most antivirus software
also provide an option to that menu to scan the selected file, do so. If
your antivirus doesn't create that option, open your antivirus software, it
should give you an option to scan selected files, select that file and click
scan

While many antivirus applications now offer the option to scan e-mail, they
may miss the attachment so it's always best to be cautious and scan that
attachment. With potential viruses, it's better to be safe than sorry
 
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