Phishing Emails

[DuBsTaR]

Not sure if this is ok to post here.

I recently had some emails from my friend in France, and I always get a warning suggesting they are phishing attacks. can anyone advise ? I've tried adding my friends email to 'safe senders' list, but whenever he emails me, it happens again.

Thanks in advance.

I use Windows Live mail.

[lordsmurf]

Does he have a virus? Odd attachments on the e-mails?

[MOVIEGEEK]

Go to the Junk folder and mark his/her email as Not Junk.If you are using IE7 then go to phishing settings and turn off or mark as safe:
https://phishingfilter.microsoft.com/PhishingFilterFaq.aspx

[SCDVD]

Be careful; not so fast. One of the most common ways that malware is spread around is that the email program is hijacked on an infected computer and unknown to the computer's user, emails with a malware payload attached are sent to everyone in the email program's address book and sent / received log. If there is any doubt, contact your friend by some other means to verify if the email(s) are legitimate. One tip off is that the title or content of the malware infected emails is uncharacteristic of the emails normally received from this person.

[ahhaa]

Your friend's computer may have a problem, or their ISP servers may be used by spammers, but the warning says 'phishing attack', right?

Your computer and its protective systems are working correctly by warning you. There is something wrong with the content of the incoming email.