grace doover's List: spoofing

• Update   your virus definitions regularly.  
• There are new viruses being created every day, so make sure to use   software that is updated regularly. Learn how to update your software   automatically at regular intervals (at least weekly).
• Don't open   any attachments, unless you know that they are coming in advance.  
    Even if you know the person in the "from" field of the message,   don't trust the message if it comes with a short, vague, or odd-sounding   message like "for your review", or an attachment that ends   in .exe, .pif, or .zip

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• Most e-mail client software offers you the choice of sending your e-mails in HTML or plain text format. The title bar of the message announced that this message had been sent as HTML  – the format of web pages on the internet
• The actual address to which you are linking is hidden in the HTML code