Stay Secured

How to save your computer from phishing e-mails?

There are few different ways that could save you from phishing.

• Never open an email if you don’t know where that comes from and what it might contain.
• Never follow people’s advices that are included in the email unless you know where it is coming from.
• You should always be aware of the current situation and don’t let a virus get on your computer, you have to be fast and quickly delete the virus, otherwise it will spread and infect your whole computer system.

 

What to do when your computer is harmed?

 

If you believe that your computer system has been infected by the virus it is recommended to scan the computer via anti-virus which will detect all the viruses. If anti-virus is not already installed on your computer you can still download one from the internet or use the online scan.

You have to be very cautious when downloading files, simply because it may contain some kind of a nasty virus such as a key logger that will save all of your passwords to sites like Facebook or your online bank.

Electronic Signatures, Computer Harming, CC, BCC.

One technique would be to always try to set a signature underneath every message or e-mail. This would let many people recognise your work and entrust downloading files from your e-mails without having to worry what this file contains (any virus). If you will send an e-mail with your signature people will trust you more and reply back and answer to your e-mails.

 

If you send an email to more than one person it will boost your reputation up and people will trust you. They will know that they are not the only ones receiving the email and they won’t be the only ones getting hacked or virus. Of course they will probably scan this e-mail.

How can an e-mail harm your computer?

The most common way of getting viruses into your computer is when the user accepts the email received from unknown person and starts to follow the hyperlinks without reading and understanding what the text given tells.

What is a BCC?

Bcc stands for blind carbon copy, it is a copy of an email message sent to somebody and email address does not appear in the message.

What is a CC?

CC stands for Carbon Copy it means that the message and email address appears to everyone.

 

 

Lack of knowledge when using E-Mail

In everyday life people will get many phishing e-mails that are sent from unknown people. These people will want to send you some emails that will harm your computer. These are called viruses. You can scan your e-mail inbox with an antivirus. Antivirus is software that lets you get rid of all the viruses on your computer and keep a record if you have any viruses or any other malicious or unwanted programmes on your computer. You will be able to see if you can download attached files that are in your inbox.