Windows Vista / XP Security Tips
Don't open email attachments
Email is a fundamental way to communicate online it lets you send information from one point of the world to another in a matter of seconds, basically letting you send a letter to a friend or family member without having to waste your time or money going to the post office buying a stamp and having to wait until the letter gets delivered. Email attachments are a everyday occurance, if you use email your bound to run into attachments. A email attachment is basically a computer file that is sent along with a email, so it's very important to understand how great it is to be able to send an email attachment and also how dangerous it is. If you know the sender of a email attachment it most likely is not something malicious but if you receive a email attachment from a unknown sender it can be a gateway to getting your computer hacked. So you should understand the great risk that comes from opening a email attachment that comes from someone you do not know.
If you open a unknown email attachment you most likely are giving a unauthorized person access to your computer and possibly risking getting hacked. It is very important to never open any unknown email attachments even if you know the sender be cautious about opening any email attachment because they might not even know they are sending you a malicious file that will compromise your computer. It's a good thing to know about the risks that are involved with opening unknown email attachments. You will be saved from the headache of getting hacked and getting your computer system compromised by opening a unknown file that can be a virus or a exploit to a hole in your system that grants access of your computer to a hacker.