Computer viruses normally infect a computer via email. The following are some suggestions to make your computing safer.

1. The safest way to avoid a computer virus is not to open an attached email file - if you do not know what it is, who sent it to you, or you were not expecting it (even if it is from somebody that you know.)  This is especially true if the file has any of the following extensions: .pif, .vbs, .scr, .exe, since thsee files are programs that will run on your computer when opened.
    
2. Don't use the preview pane in Outlook. Some viruses can infect a computer just from the preview pane.
    
3. When in doubt, contact the sender. Write back to them and ask what is the attachment. If the attachment is valid, they will tell you what it is and what it does.
    
4. Delete a suspected message, by holding down the SHIFT key and hit DELETE.  This will permanently delete the message.  Just hitting the DELETE key (without the SHIFT key) does not remove the message, but simply moves the message to a deleted folder that can be opened.

However, if you just want to skip all the details and stop messing around with preventing computer viruses, just do what I did; download the a trial of anti virus software from a high quality software vendor, run the program and be done with it.

See the download link below for the automatic PC Tools AntiVirus™ software. I personally use this software to skip all the hazzles with computer viruses.

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