Gerry
Tue Jun 03 06:33:13 PDT 2008
Ken
I don't think I have any infected friends! The odd one may have a
malware infested computer.
I am not sure I would recommend Adobe Reader for reading the occasional
pdf file but there you are.
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Regards.
Gerry
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Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 11:27:03 -0700, Jimmy Jim <Jimmy
> Jim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi. I received an e-mail with an attachment that was a PDF file. I
>> opened it to only get code. Is there somewhere in Windows where I
>> need to enable PDF files? Please advise. Thanks in advance.
>
>
> No, what you need is a *program* that knows how to open pdf files. The
> standard program is Adobe Reader, which is a free download at
>
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
>
> However there are other free choices you could consider.
>
> If you already have Adobe Reader installed, the association for pdf
> files is set incorrectly. Right-click on any pdf file and choose "Open
> with," then choose Adobe Reader and check the box "Always use this
> program..."
>
> Also let me point out that opening E-mail attachments indiscriminately
> is one of the most dangerous things you can do with your computer. You
> often see advice not to open attachments from people you don't know. I
> think that that's one of the most dangerous pieces of advice you see
> around, because it implies that it's safe to do the opposite--open
> attachments from friends and relatives. But many viruses spread by
> sending themselves to everyone in the infected party's address book,
> so attachments received from friends are perhaps the *most* risky to
> open.
>
> Even if the attachment legitimately comes from a friend, it can
> contain a virus. I'm not suggesting that a friend is likely to send
> you a virus on purpose, but if the friend is infected without
> realizing it, any attachment he sends you is likely to also be
> infected.
>
> Personally I never open attachments at all, except from a *very* few
> trusted sources, and then only when I'm expecting them.