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Unchecked. Thanks for the additional information.

Thanks. I had no idea that safe mode could let in malware. I have always resisted the urge to tinker with Apples settings. This is good to know.

So, leaving this unchecked one would manually open the files or whatever if the sender or whomever/whatever is a trusted site known to the user?

I will read through the examples. Thanks again.

David, Thanks for clarification.

You can also forward the entire email to Apple whether it is phishing or scam. Also do likewise with your internet provider. reportphishing@apple.com

You are welcome. Hoping someone with more savvy than me chimes in. When I said I left them running, I should clarify. I quit mail and safari. The MWB and AG sit on top of the screen tool bar (?) and I did not touch them. So I suppose they were continuing to run. Apple probably has full instructions on what to and not to run during the upgrade.

When I did my upgrade, I left MWB and AG running. No issues. It may have been just plain dumb luck as I am no expert in these matters.

Regarding clarity that is my fault. I run AdGuard as well as MWB. Someone on the AG forum had an issue with an email that contained pixels and caused problems and queried about the negative effects. The OP here began his/her question by talking about receiving an email and then having some problems. So I asked if it were possible that the email had the pixel embedded. That was all. From what I understand from google searches the pixels can be good or bad. I was curious so I asked. Maybe I should not have chimed in but I thought the pixels could be malicious. Thanks for your explanation.

Thanks. Not sure I understand. BUT, I just received my weekly savings from a grocery store - Safeway- and looked for raw data. In Mail, View, Message, All Headers, Raw Source. Is Raw Source what you are referring to? If so, I did not understand anything I was looking at. If nothing else, I learned something new. Thanks again!

Is there any chance that somewhere in the email was an email pixel? And since I asked, how can one check foe email pixels?

There is an update to Big Sur that addresses the battery issue not fully charging. Update to version 11.2.1.

For. those not aware of the MB labs, here is a link to MB blogs: https://blog.malwarebytes.com

I get the letter each and every month. Always informative. And it is free!

Thanks. I have 16.08 gig .