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Posted by louise on August 9, 2005, 6:01 pm
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> louise wrote:
> > I have to access a few mail accounts on a daily basis, one of which
> > received about 75 spam messages per day. There are times when I
> > have to open a message and I'm not sure before I open it, whether
> > it's "real" or not.
> >
> > In an effort to be careful, I access these two accounts using
> > webmail rather than my usual email program: Outlook.
> >
> > However, after reading up on many AV programs, I'm not sure whether
> > I'd be "safer" having the email come through Outlook and be scanned
> > by NOD, or "safer" opening the occasional message within the
> > webmail environment.
> >
> > Which method leaves my machine somewhat less vulnerable?
> >
> > Louise
>
> Newer versions of Outlook are pretty safe. NOD is also pretty efficient
> at detecting malware attachments. As others have suggested Web-mail has
> its own vulnerabilities to deal with.
>
I phoned both ISPs - one does nothing about virus checking webmail
and the other blocks exe files and that's pretty much it.
For the moment I've made users for both accounts in Outlook. I'm
running NOD.
I do need to use Outlook as I run a small business. I use it as a
PIM and it synchs with my Palm, etc. I know I'm in the minority,
but aside from its security vulnerabilities, I actually like the
program :-)
Louise
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