Tuesday, 2 October 2012

The Risks of E-Mail


E-mails can be sent to anyone with an E-mail address. Some people use systematic methods in order to obtain peoples e-mail addresses. This can include giving untrusted websites you e-mail address or from website mailing lists containing thousands of E-mails. Everyday people set out to find these E-mail addresses in order to send them a range of different things. Most commonly scams are used as it can be an easy way to trick vulnerable people out of their money. Other ways include viruses, worms, spyware and adware. Sometimes this can be worse as you don’t know that it is actually happening. These viruses swarm into your computer and look for specific pieces of information that can be used to target you. However these attacks happen every day they can easily be avoided. Never give your E-mail address to a company you don’t trust. If you receive an E-mail from someone who you don’t recognise just delete it. Using Anti- Virus software should detect the viruses if you happen to open a link containing one.

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