A Name - FW: Hello my Friend..

 I received an email message with the above subject, needless to say I didn't know the name that was used.  With all of the problems going on, there is no way I was going to open that message (I don't want to add to Quad's workload:smileywink:)..  Two possible loopholes,  I'm still using Outlook Express and I have to click on (highlight) a message to delete it and I have preview pane turned on.   Will highlighting a message or having preview pane open allow malware to get into my PC?   I think there was a lot of discussion about preview pane, a while ago, and I think the outcome was that using preview pane was safe.  Have things changed? (edit - corrected spelling error).