Also, it is most likely that Hotmail will warn you against access of these message, giving infection alerts. If you ignore these warnings and access the attachment, it is likely to infect your computer, resulting in deletion of your data, corrupting of your applications and passing on some integral information to hackers. So do not ever try to access a message, which is sent to you by a suspected or anonymous sender.
Also, have in place a number of methods to protect your computer from consistent virus attacks, and post-attack deletion and scanning programs. The damages caused by a virus are very higher, otherwise. Do Not Access Suspected Emails It is highly recommended that under no circumstances access suspected email messages, whether they are in your inbox or junk folder.
Delete them immediately from the folder and then from the deleted emails folder. If you access such email messages, you are putting your system at risk. Do Not Open Attachment Hotmail has an internal email and attachments scanning system and it alerts you in case of detecting a virus. You should not open an attachment from a sender you do not know, or the message appears to be dodgy.
For example, someone pretending to be your relative sends a message of being stuck at some airport and asking for money from you, or claiming to be your relative willing to send you an inheritance money. Do not buy into these messages and delete such emails from your inbox at once. Delete Infected Messages Completely Even if you do not open infected or virus containing messages, do not leave them in the folders.
If you wish to report it and live in the United States, here are some links you can try:. I imagine enough complaints from enough people or the right person or perhaps someone actually victimized or the company being misrepresented about a particular company would make it a major case, but frankly don't know how they work or prioritize what they do.
Still, since if they do get involved they can probably do the most to resolve the matter, I'd include them if I were harmed. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Kosh Vorlon. Hi Robert, I'm not quite sure why you think your account has a virus. Then to make sure you weren't infected, please do the following; First, try the following programs if you haven't as they may help.
Are you running Microsoft Security Essentials? How satisfied are you with this reply?
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