How To Keep Your Computer Safe

Sample virus email:

At first glance, this email looks legitmate. It says at the bottom of the email that the attachment has been scanned for viruses and no viruses were found, which could give you a false sense of security.

However, if we send the email to a program that is running antivirus, this happens:

This shows that the attached zip file actually contained a virus. The antivirus program running on my computer detected the virus and deleted the message automatically as a precaution.

Last Updated: 6 January 2005