E-mail Problem that is driving me crazy

2012Coleman wrote:

Gdetrailer wrote:

AsheGuy wrote:
The first question that comes to my mind is why would you want to link on advertising links in emails? It's a good way to corrupt one's computer. It sounds like some kind of software is trying to save you from yourself.

^^^THIS^^^

Clicking on hyperlinks in an email is an extremely good way to get an unwanted virus, keylogger, malware or give up your personal information..

First rule of IT, NEVER, EVER click on hyperlinks in an email..

Your email client may be DETECTING something wrong with the attached links, especially if that IS the ONLY email that the client is consistently disabling the hyperlinks..

You are much better to directly go to the business website to visit the webpages directly instead of using the links. So, if the business sends a email with "specials" hyperlinks, just close the email client and open your favorite browser and go directly to that website..

Even the act of copying the links then pasting into a browser may send you to a bad website.

There is too much spoofing of websites out there happening, the bad guys create very detailed fake websites which if you fall for it you might even "sign in" and they get your login and passwords not to mention any other information you give that fake website..

It is called Social Engineering, typically "Phishing"..

The bad guys depend on people to be lazy and click the hyperlinks in a email..

Oh GAWD - the guy's wife loves to do business with the company that is sending the email - so no need for a security lecture.

OP wrote:
The DW receives email's from a certain company that she loves to do business with..

I quite often get email that purports to be from someplace I regularly do business with, but it's not from them. Phishers are very good at creating emails that look like legitimate notifications. I'd only click on a link once I had determined that the email was in fact from the source it appeared to be. Security lectures are rarely a bad idea.