Spam and Phishing Mails Protect With Total Security

Spam is the electronic equivalent of a paper advertisement that is dropped into your inbox. However, spam isn't just annoying and annoying. It is dangerous, especially if it is part of phishing.

Spam is sent in huge quantities by email by spammers and cybercriminals who aim to:

·         extort money from a number of recipients who replied to the message;

·         Conduct a phishing attack to fraudulently obtain passwords, credit card numbers, bank credentials, etc.

·         Distribute malicious code to recipient computers.

How to Protect Yourself from Spam and Phishing

Here are some useful tips from a team of Total security experts from Protegent360  to help you reduce the amount of spam in your inbox.

·         Get Yourself Multiple Email Addresses
It's best to have at least two email addresses.

 

o    Personal Email Address
this address should only be used for personal correspondence. Since spammers create lists of possible email addresses (using combinations of obvious names, words, and numbers), you need to come up with an address that is difficult for spammers to guess. A personal address should not be just your first and last name, but to protect it, follow the guidelines below.

 

§  Never post your personal email address on public Internet resources.

§  If you want to unfold your personal address electronically, try masking it so that spammers can't "recognize" it. For example, "Ivan.Petrov@yahoo.com" is a simple address that spammers can easily find. Instead, try to imagine it like this: "Ivan-tochka-Petrov-dog-yahoo.com".

§  If you want to publish your personal address on a website, it's safer to do so as a graphic file rather than as a link.

§  If a personal address is found by spammers, it should be changed. Despite this inconvenience, changing your email address will help you avoid receiving spam.

 

"Public" Email Address
This email address to register on public forums and chat rooms, and to subscribe to mailing lists and other Internet services. The following tips can also help reduce the volume of spam sent to this address.

§  Treat a public address as temporary. The chances that spammers will intercept a public domain address is very high - especially if it is used frequently.

§  Try to create several "public" addresses. In this case, there will be a better chance of tracking which services are sending addresses to spammers.

 

·         Never Reply to Spam
most spammers record receiving replies. Typically, the more you reply to spam, the more it comes in.

·         Think before you click on the unsubscribe link

Spammers send fake unsubscribe emails. This is how they collect active email addresses. If you click on the "Unsubscribe" button in one of these letters, the amount of spam received may increase. Do not click on the "Unsubscribe" link in emails received from unknown sources.

 

·         Keep your browser up to date
Make sure your computer is using the latest version of your web browser and has all the latest internet security fixes downloaded.

 

·         Use Spam Filters
only create an email account with providers that use spam filters. Choose an antivirus that also has advanced anti-spam features.