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Is Thunderbird susceptible to e-mail viruses?

April 26, 2017e-mail mail susceptible Thunderbird viruses

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Is Thunderbird susceptible to e-mail viruses?

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Thunderbird will not allow a virus or worm to execute automatically. You can see what attachments have been sent to you without a virus being able to execute, and you would have to save a file to your system and deliberately run it before it could cause any harm. JavaScript is switched off by default for mail and news, so an e-mail cannot run script code just by being opened. As with any mail program, take proper caution before running any file that you receive in e-mail. Appropriate anti-virus software should also help keep you safer.