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Spam Mail Analysis

Spam

Any email which is unsolicited or seems to be coming from an unknown dubious looking sender is referred to as spam. More often than not, spam is the major attack source for many phishing scams, viruses, and many other offensive and harmful content. The loss from spam could be as little as just a few minutes to read to the entire data in the computer. The spam often tends to increase the business costs for the receiver in any form. However, there are many things one can do to protect themselves against spam. The person has to have the knowledge on both avoiding and dealing with the spam messages. It is always better if the user is educated enough to understand the implications of spam mail. Apart from that, there are two trusted and tested ways to be safe from spam attacks

Protecting the computer

Most of attacks that the spam messages bring are mainly targeting the computer and the data in it. These attacks may vary form malware attacks such as virus injection to ransomware which blackmail the users to give up money. The best way to go about is to update the anti-virus software and firewall setting regularly. This could prevent almost 90% of spam attacks. One can set this processes to update on their own whenever there is an update available from the manufacturer. It is better to shut down the computer when not in use. The plugins of the browsers should also be updated regularly and the users should make sure that the updates are coming from the browser owner.

Protecting the email.

As we know, the main source of spam is through the email and setting up defensive strategies to the mail boxes would help a lot in dealing with the spam mails. One of the best defensive strategies is to delete the spam mail without opening it in the first place. One could use spam filters to their mailboxes which blocks the spam even before it reaches the inbox. The user should try and use an alphanumeric email id which would exclude them from most chain emails. The preview pane should also be disabled as it might allow the hackers from getting their code in.

References

Spector, L. (2016, June 7). 5 ways to stop spam from invading your email | PCWorld. Retrieved April 28, 2018, from https://www.pcworld.com/article/3072435/data-center-cloud/5-ways-to-stop-spam-from-invading-your-email.html

Spykerman, M. (2016). Typical spam characteristics. Retrieved April/May, 2018, from http://www.spamhelp.org/articles/Spam-filter-article.pdf

Sample Spam Email

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