E-MAIL ATTACHMENT DOWNLOAD

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GOT MAIL WITH A FILE ENDING IN ".mix" and was directed to buy photo program.
Just got comp and have "Corel Photo", but cannot figure how to get it there.
 
You are a prime candidate for spyware/malware/adware and/or viruses. Never
and I mean NEVER open an e:mail attachment from a source that you don't know.
At the very least be sure you have automatic e:mail scanning with your AV
program and be sure to activate any attachment options in your AV as well.
Now on to your issue. www.filext.com is an excellent source for finding out
what programs are using a file extension you don't know as well as giving you
links for getting plug ins that may help you. So look here:
http://www.filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=mix
Post back if you need more. TTFN.
 
The said:
You are a prime candidate for spyware/malware/adware and/or viruses.
Never and I mean NEVER open an e:mail attachment from a source that
you don't know.
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I think that that's one of the most dangerous pieces of advice you see
around, because it implies that it's safe to do the opposite--open
attachments from friends and relatives. But many viruses spread by sending
themselves to everyone in the infected party's address book, so attachments
received from friends are perhaps the *most* risky to open.

Even if the attachment legitimately comes from a friend, it can contain a
virus. I'm not suggesting that a friend is likely to send you a virus on
purpose, but if the friend is infected without realizing it, any attachment
he sends you is likely to also be infected.

I never open executable attachments at all, except from a *very* few trusted
sources, and then only when I'm expecting them.
 
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