Attachments will be screened and assessed as Level 1 (executable files), Level 2 (ZIP files) or safe attachments: Level 1 will be deleted immediately; Level 2 will initiate a prompt advising the user to save the message to disk before opening; and...
Why for that matter are attachments needed? Without HTML and attachments, we would evade most of the billions of pounds allegedly incurred every time there is a big virus scare. It makes messages far longer for a medium where content ought to...
A survey has revealed that 54 per cent of UK employees are using email to send joke or gimmicky messages and attachments to friends and colleagues. No of course not - employees and their inability to avoid clicking on tempting attachments is still...
Skype warned users against opening the malicious file and said they should take caution in general when opening attachments. Kurt Sauer, Skype chief security officer, said on Friday: "Harmful viruses and Trojan horses may damage a user's computer...
Skype strongly recommends that users take extra caution in general when asked to open attachments or links from unknown people, or suspicious-looking attachments even from people you know. He said in the statement: "Harmful viruses and Trojan...
As image spam shifts from email attachments to images on free image-hosting sites, [we] believe that it is only a matter of time before the spammers apply the same approach to audio spam and upload the message to free multimedia-hosting sites...