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Windows Live Mail and Security
A few months ago I posted in the Mail forum about a possible security risk. We have a lot of new members, now, and its time to repost.
Windows Live Mail has a built in security flaw, it allows you to view your email, even before it is opened. The top pane shows the regular information, sender, time, etc, but in the bottom pane, the actual email is opened and can be read.
Go to view, and eliminate that bottom pane. We all know that we should not open email that we do not recognize, well that bottom pane opens it for us, allowing all kinds of nasties into our expensive computers.
I think enough said.
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Last edited by richc46; 16 Aug 2010 at 15:20.