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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1914372" data-attributes="member: 190607"><p>Well, first, if this sort of thing makes you paranoid, you can just turn off the setting that allows Mail to automatically load links in incoming e-mail:</p><p></p><p>In Mail...</p><p>In the Mail menu, choose Preferences</p><p>Choose the Viewing tab</p><p>UNCHECK "Load Remote Content In Messages."</p><p>From now on, you will have to click on any URL's in incoming e-mail messages for them to load. It won't happen automatically. So you can open any e-mail that you like with complete abandon.</p><p></p><p>Now...to the question of whether you have malware. You can check with:</p><p></p><p>DetectX Swift (free)</p><p><a href="https://sqwarq.com/detectx/" target="_blank">https://sqwarq.com/detectx/</a></p><p>For adware.</p><p></p><p>and</p><p></p><p>VirusBarrier Free Edition (free)</p><p><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/VirusBarrier-Scanner/id1200445649" target="_blank">https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/VirusBarrier-Scanner/id1200445649</a></p><p>For malware other than adware.</p><p></p><p>But, I can tell you now that you aren't infected with any sort of malware. (At least from that e-mail.) How do I know? Because unlike Windows, for which there are millions of pieces of malware, for the Macintosh there is only a handful of malware. And it is more or less all known, including which vectors it arrives by and what it does. While viral e-mails are a huge problem for Windows users, it is just about unheard of for the Macintosh. I can't even remember ANY Mac user EVER reporting that they were infected via an e-mail (I'm not talking about phishing e-mails, which aren't malware).</p><p></p><p>Generally the answer to "is my Mac infected with malware" is almost always "NO". But the two free programs that I mentioned above are very valuable. Just run them and they almost instantly let you know that you aren't infected by anything. (They may flag a Windows virus that can show up via e-mail. But those are entirely benign when on your Macintosh.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1914372, member: 190607"] Well, first, if this sort of thing makes you paranoid, you can just turn off the setting that allows Mail to automatically load links in incoming e-mail: In Mail... In the Mail menu, choose Preferences Choose the Viewing tab UNCHECK "Load Remote Content In Messages." From now on, you will have to click on any URL's in incoming e-mail messages for them to load. It won't happen automatically. So you can open any e-mail that you like with complete abandon. Now...to the question of whether you have malware. You can check with: DetectX Swift (free) [URL code="true"]https://sqwarq.com/detectx/[/URL] For adware. and VirusBarrier Free Edition (free) [URL code="true"]https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/VirusBarrier-Scanner/id1200445649[/URL] For malware other than adware. But, I can tell you now that you aren't infected with any sort of malware. (At least from that e-mail.) How do I know? Because unlike Windows, for which there are millions of pieces of malware, for the Macintosh there is only a handful of malware. And it is more or less all known, including which vectors it arrives by and what it does. While viral e-mails are a huge problem for Windows users, it is just about unheard of for the Macintosh. I can't even remember ANY Mac user EVER reporting that they were infected via an e-mail (I'm not talking about phishing e-mails, which aren't malware). Generally the answer to "is my Mac infected with malware" is almost always "NO". But the two free programs that I mentioned above are very valuable. Just run them and they almost instantly let you know that you aren't infected by anything. (They may flag a Windows virus that can show up via e-mail. But those are entirely benign when on your Macintosh.) [/QUOTE]
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