How Do I Change My Security for Opening an Email Attachment?

Change your attachment security to prevent viruses.

When you open up an email attachment, you are opening up your computer to potential harm from the outside. Computer viruses sneak in on attachments, and even if you know the sender, there might be a problem when you open the attachment. High security settings are important to keep you safe. On the other hand, security settings that are too high can impede your ability to easily and quickly surf the web. It is important to know how to change your attachment security for your email.

Instructions

In Email

1. Click on "security" to see if your email program has attachment opening security options.

2. Scroll through these options and check and uncheck options to customize the security.

3. Choose options like "run email scan before allowing attachment to open" to heighten the security, and "allow attached pictures to automatically display" to lower security for opening attachments.

Virus Protection Security

1. Click on the virus protection box in your system tray.

2. Open your virus protection program and choose "email security."

3. Scroll through the email security choices and check and uncheck them according to your specifications.

4. Choose security measures like "require user to ok email attachments before automatically opening them" to heighten security, and "automatically display email attachments" to lower security.

References

• Microsoft: Attachment Security