Windows picture and fax viewer?

Question

heya all im wondering why, when i recieved an email with an attachment and opened it to see a picture,that when i scroll forwards it shows alll different captions and pictures that may or may not have been visited from this computer.why is this?is it a virus?like if i press forward the picture changes to different ones each time its not like the images are saved to the computer,some i recognise from sites i visited others are just random cartoons etc.

Answer 1

When you open a picture that is an attachment, it is stored in a temporary folder, where other stuff that you have looked at on the web is also stored.  Basically you are browsing the pictures in your temporary folder. No biggie.