I get tons* of these from (alleged) delivery companies, banks, bill collectors, lawyers &ct. I never open them (and I don't really know what's in the attachments, but assume it can't be good), and I don't get email on Windows so not too worried.
On a related note, after I finally installed Resident Evil Revelations 2 last week (which I bought on steam several months ago in a RE bundle), xp was booting into a blank screen, task manager showed a couple of acronis true image processes that I was unable to kill until I disabled them in services. Some dodgy-looking security web site "plumbytes" flagged acronis as malware.
Ultimately though I had to reinstall sp3 for a complete fix. So I dunno if RER2 nuked something or had malware onboard. I had only installed the free acronis wd edition to format a new drive many months ago and didn't realize it would be running services. Apparently it can be very difficult to completely remove. Anyway xp is running a lot snappier without.
*well, half-dozen daily sometimes moreHalf Of People Click Anything Sent To Them |