An average internet user today is potentially exposed to whole array of threats, some of which he may simply have no clue about. To cite an example, an user may be careful about opening attachments that come with emails from unknown senders, however he will not really believe if someone told him that viewing a compromised email in Ms Outlook can be lead to an infection. Technically it is possible to get infected by viewing a message in Outlook owing to virus payloads that can be hidden within...
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When we look at the look and feel changes introduced in the Outlook 2013 edition, the message preview feature makes a distinct impression. It essentially showcases initial one or two lines from the email text in the Inbox message list. This change has been introduced with the idea of helping you glance through the emails and focus on the important ones when you are short in time. While the feature has been widely appreciated by many, some of us may have some privacy concerns around it. Normally...
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One of the drawbacks of living in a world dominated by cyber threats is the fact that we end up enforcing security measures that do more harm than good. One such case is the use of Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption while sending emails through the Outlook email client. While SSL is a must for accessing many websites that perform banking operations, using the encryption standard in emails is an overkill. In fact many ISPs do not support it and while using the same in Outlook you may receive...
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