Protecting Against E-mail Attacks

In Windows Mail, security zones allow you to determine whether or not to run active content, such as ActiveX controls, from inside HTML e-mail messages, which potentially can carry viruses and other harmful threats. You can adjust the security zone levels using Internet Options in the Control Panel. To provide further protection, you can set options to let you know when an program tries to send mail with your e-mail address to contacts in your address book (which is a common way to propagate a virus), to not allow attachments to be saved or opened that might contain a virus, and to stop pictures and other content from automatically downloading to your computer (which is a common way spammers confirm your e-mail address to send more spam) from contacts who are not in your Address Book until you have a chance to read the message.

Protect Against E-mail Attacks in Windows Mail

Click the Start button, then click Windows Mail.

Click the Tools menu, then click Options.

Click the Security tab.

Click the security zone option you want: Internet zone (Less secure) or Restricted sites zone (More secure).

Select the Warn me when other applications try to send mail as me check box.

Select the Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus check box.

Select the Block images and other external content in HTML e-mail check box.

Click OK.

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