| Securing your email messages, contacts, notes, | | | | question is how to protect emails from virus |
| to-do-list, etc. email items from the adverse effects | | | | infection? Answer for this question is very simple and |
| of harmful computer viruses, trojans, and spywares | | | | effective. Scan all outgoing and incoming email |
| must be your first goal while using email client like MS | | | | messages to find and resolve possible virus threats. |
| Outlook. Though, MS Outlook is a secure email client | | | | MS Outlook 2007 automatically does this task for |
| that provides the facility to communicate at | | | | you if: |
| professional and personal level; you need to take | | | | · An antivirus is installed on your computer system. |
| extra care of your email messages. Because once | | | | · Settings in MS Outlook are configured to protect |
| the Outlook.pst file will be infected with any | | | | emails. |
| computer virus, you may lose your email messages, | | | | You must confirm that whether or not your Outlook |
| contact details, to-do-list, etc. | | | | account is protected from virus infection. Execute |
| It may also happen that you need to configure new | | | | following steps to know the email protection status |
| Outlook profile to restart communication after the | | | | for your Outlook profile: |
| damage has occurred due to virus infection. Creating | | | | 1. Check that you have an effective antivirus installed |
| a new Outlook profile is not a big deal and is also not | | | | on your computer system or not. If not then install |
| a much difficult task but can you imagine losing your | | | | an advanced antivirus like Norton, Kasper sky, etc. |
| valuable emails. Emails you loss due to virus attack | | | | 2. After you have checked / installed antivirus, start |
| may contain important attachments, embedded | | | | MS Outlook. |
| images, etc. that you cannot otherwise recollect or | | | | 3. Select Options in the Tools menu. |
| you may do not have time to rearrange all contacts, | | | | 4. Select the Email protection tab. |
| to-do-list, etc. What will you do in that situation? | | | | 5. Confirm that the Scan upon receiving, Scan when |
| Nothing, except cursing yourself and rubbing your | | | | read, and Scan upon sending options are selected. |
| empty hands. | | | | 6. If the options are not selected then select them. |
| Is not it better to protect your account before any | | | | 7. Click the Apply button. |
| damage? Will it not be good to secure your data | | | | 8. Click the OK button. |
| from being stolen by any intruder through viruses and | | | | After executing the preceding steps, restart MS |
| spyware? You must say yes to my questions | | | | Outlook 2007. Now, your Outlook.pst file is safe from |
| because nobody wants to loss data and provide | | | | the adverse effects of malicious viruses. |
| important information to others. However, now the | | | | |