![]() ![]() The first option, “Download Pictures,” will simply download the pictures for that email, and if you know the sender, then this is probably the option you choose. If you click the message, you get a number of options to deal with this. So by default, Outlook prevents the automatic download of images-and that’s a good thing. It’s a well-known attack vector, and it relies on people downloading the image to their computer. However, even worse than spammers knowing your email address is monitored by a human is the possibility that the images contain a virus or malware. After all, an account that is known to have a human looking at it is much more valuable for a scammer than an address that might never have a human look at it. If they know your email address is active, then you’ll become a bigger target for spam and phishing emails. But for real spammers, it’s a different story.
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