Email Safety
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bq. Please don’t open any email attachments when the message body says something like “The message contains Unicode characters and has been sent as a binary attachment.” Usually it’s a virus. And the next big virus, Mydoom is set to break old records. A good general rule is to never open any attachments, even from people you know. Email headers are easily spoofed. Be like a firewall — only accept things that you have solicited; and even then, be very wary. Losing all your data can make for a really bad day or longer.
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My dad had an email like that. He opened it. Viruses all over the place. No fun.