Case 4-1 You Check Your Email and Find Several Messages from Friends

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Multiple Choice

Case 4-1
You check your email and find several messages from friends and acquaintances plus two messages with attachments: one from a friend and one from a sender that you do not know.
-Which of the following actions should you consider taking with the two messages with attachments in order to avoid the risk of infecting your computer with a virus?

• A) Delete the message from the unknown sender; but open and read the friend's message and attachment, although you were not expecting the message or attachment
• B) Delete both messages and attachments without opening and reading them
• C) Open and read both messages and attachments
• D) Forward both messages and attachments to another friend and ask him or her to check them out for you

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