Email attachments.....

[jimmie123]

I use Yahoo for my email. Recently, I received an email with a suspicious attachment. I right-clicked the attachment and saw that there was no way to scan just the attachment. Since I've only recently gone to NOD 32 for my AV program, perhaps I haven't set something up right? How can scan an individual Yahoo email attachment without opening it?

[xTiNcTion]

Hi jimmie123,

and welcome to wilders...

{QUOTE-> I use Yahoo for my email. Recently, I received an email with a suspicious attachment. <-QUOTE}
If you think it's suspicious... just delete it. do you know the sender?

{QUOTE-> I right-clicked the attachment and saw that there was no way to scan just the attachment. <-QUOTE}
not that way but remember NOD32 has web protection.

{QUOTE-> Since I've only recently gone to NOD 32 for my AV program, perhaps I haven't set something up right? How can scan an individual Yahoo email attachment without opening it? <-QUOTE}
download the attachment (not suspicious one) and scan it. I suggest you take a look at: EAV v3 Tutorial (http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=197509)

[jimmie123]

Normally, I would just go ahead and delete if I don't know the sender (which I didn't). Much easier than displaying full headers and attempting to track down who the "real" sender is. I was just curious as to what payload the file contained, it was a .bmp file. It's been deleted......thanks for the reply, and I will take that tutorial. Jim;D