TO HELP PREVENT VIRUSES FROM LOADINGALWAYS FOLLOW THESE EMAIL RULESBEFORE OPENING EMAIL ATTACHMENTS

TO HELP PREVENT VIRUSES FROM LOADING
ALWAYS FOLLOW
THESE EMAIL RULES
BEFORE OPENING EMAIL ATTACHMENTS

Do not open the attachments of messages with a suspicious or unexpected subject.
If you want to open them,
first save them to your hard disk and scan them with an updated antivirus program.

Delete any chain e-mails or unwanted messages.
Do not forward them or reply to their senders.
This kind of messages is considered spam, because it is undesired and unsolicited and it overloads the Internet traffic.

NEVER
OPEN THESE FILES
IF YOU MUST OPEN then ALWAYS SCAN

SAFER
FILES TO OPEN AS EXPLAINED BELOW

.BAT
.EXE
.VBS
.COM
.LNK
.PIF
.SCR
.REG
.INK
.CHM or .CMD
.HLP or .HTA
.INF or .INS
.JS or .JSE

.SCT or .SHS
.VB or .VCF or .VBE or .VBS
.WSC or .WSH or .WSF

Examples: iloveyou.pif
newtenant.bat
memo.doc.scr
openme.wsf

VERY SAFE:

Pictures – GIF, JPG, BMP -usually OK

Movies - AVI, MPG, MOV, MP3 – usually OK

RTF – usually OK – can contain imbedded Macro viruses,
open in Word Viewer

ZIP – compressed files are not dangerous in themselves, but could be
containers for other files that may be infected -- so be VERY CAREFUL
when opening the files within ZIP files.

SCAN THESE:

DOC, DOT- frequently contain Macro viruses, open only in
Word Viewer

HTM or HTML- be wary these could contain script viruses

EML - Email previously saved by Microsoft Outlook
- could contain viral code

XLS, XLT- could contain Macro viruses, open only in Excel Viewer

PPS- Powerpoint Presentation, usually OK, open with Powerpoint Viewer