Handling of suspicious emails
On 07/26/2011 03:10 PM, Rashkae wrote:
On 07/26/2011 03:44 PM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
All of my internet activities take place on the Unbutu/Firefox
combination. So is there any harm in just opening a suspect email to
verify that it is in fact something I want no part of?
I ask because yesterday I almost sent an important email to the junk
folder because I mistook it for spam/scam.
Regards, Jim
I don't want to say "no" out of hand. Theoretically, it is possible for
a bug in Firefox that would allow a cross platform exploit to do some
mischief. However, I am not aware of any such running loose in the wild.
(That is, I am not aware of any known exploits being used to harm Ubuntu
computers that do not involve the user deliberately adding extensions /
plugins to Firefox.) My advise would be to not worry about viewing
e-mail you receive.
Rashkae,
Thanks for the info. I'm sure I read somewhere that you could get
trouble on Windows by just opening certain emails. I didn't think that
was likely on Linux but I wanted some confirmation.
Regards, Jim
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