Using the Internet Safely For Seniors

Some malware programs can take your e-mail contacts

and send out messages that may look like they come

from you. It’s for that reason that, even if a message

with an attachment appears to have come from some-

body you know, you shouldn’t open the attachment

unless you’re expecting it — or you verify with the

sender that the attachment is legitimate. Also, always

be extra careful about opening an attached file with a

file extension of .exe. This is an executable file,

which is the file format that most malware takes.

Figure 5-13

Forward E-Mails

1. If you receive an e-mail that you want to send on to some-
   one else, with the e-mail message open, click the Forward
   button, as shown in Figure 5-14.

2.In the resulting new e-mail form, type an e-mail address

in the To:field.

3.If you wish, click in the subject field to select the current

subject and then type a different subject.

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Chapter 5: Risk-Free E-Mail