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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Definitions:

VLTs

Video Lottery Terminals, a form of electronic gambling machine found in casinos and bars.

Exogenous Opiates

Narcotics, which bind to receptor sites throughout the body, including the brain, spinal cord, and bloodstream, and reduce the body’s production of endogenous opiates.

Opioids

Also known as narcotics. A class of central nervous system depressants whose main effects are the reduction of pain and sleep inducement. Opium, the alkaloid from which opioids are derived, comes from the seeds of the opium poppy, which is indigenous to Asia and the Middle East.

Heroin

A narcotic substance derived from morphine, originating from the seed pods of opium poppy plants, known for its strong addictive properties and illegality.