recieved a REALLY suspicious email- help how can i scan/check it?

Cat72

Hi
I recieved a really suspicious email all it says is " assdsad " and claims to be from a source it is not.I have avast but it let it throught to outlook express unchecked.Iy has no attachments but I want to check it out to make sure it contains no virus/worms etc as is really weird.Please help me check, i have already ran an avast scan but nothing.

Browntoa

i would just delete it, if it has no attachment then its fine, there only other way to get a virus from an email is be following a link

Cat72

Thanks I didnt know that.I have avast and windows firewall can anyone recommend any other security on my computer to protect it.

bingo_bango

See THIS STICKY for advice on what everyone on these forums uses for security.

Browntoa

avast will do fine

I would upgrade your firewall to sygate and turn the windows one off afterwards

http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm

the windows one is as much use as a chocolate tea pot

smcicr

it's often worth googling the subject line of any odd emails you get - if they are dodgy then most of the time you'll find out very quickly with hoax sites / AV sites / forum posts etc coming back about it.