A computer on a company network was infected with a zero-day exploit after an employee accidently opened an email that contained malicious content. The employee recognized the email as malicious and was attempting to delete it, but accidently opened it. Which of the following should be done to prevent this scenario from occurring again in the future?

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Setting the email program default to open messages in plain text can help prevent malicious content from executing automatically when an email is opened, reducing the risk of zero-day exploits.

A Computer on a Company Network Was Infected with a Zero-Day