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lenjack

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Running W10 and Tbird email. Received message titled "Welcome to Windows 10 (Part 1 of 2)" I've had 10 since July. I'm curious, but don't have the nerve to open it. Anyone know what this is? Very suspicious, I think.
 
I don't recall a time when an email message could exploit an email client and execute itself just from viewing the message.

I actually open messages that I *know* contain viruses. Sometimes I even save the virus attachment for further inspection. I just don't run/execute it (except maybe in a virtual machine).
 
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I *think* that might be a standard Outlook Express default inbox message, and possibly, installing TBird copied your incoming messages from Outlook Express into TBird to start with. You know, when you install Firefox, it wants to import your Internet Explorer stuff too.
 
Been using Tbird for 3 years. Used it with W7, before W10. Before that, used Outlook Express with XP. Thanks.
 
Did you happen to log into Windows using a Microsoft account tied to the e-mail address? I don't use Microsoft accounts so I don't know if they send welcome messages or marketing but that was my first thought.
 
If you have a way of looking into the email on the POP server, what do the headers tell you? If you don't have that capability, consider getting it.
 
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