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Being in a hurry with e-mail can get you into trouble.
Rushing through your inbox, making snap decisions to open an
email, or its attachment can get you into trouble. You know better
than to open the e-mails about all the Nigerian millions you can get.
But when an e-mail says it from the administrator (or support section)
of your own domain name, you may be tempted to hurry and open
the attachment. If some glitch has made your site or e-mail
unavailable, you’ll need to correct it immediately!
Don’t believe it. And if you’re not sure, call your web hosting company
or the company that manages your e-mail account. Doing otherwise
makes you a perfect target for malware.
With e-mail, you really can’t believe what you read
Sample “helpful” infected e-mail
“Subject: billpfaff.com account notification
Dear Customer,
This e-mail was send by admin@billpfaff.com to notify you that we
have temporarily prevented access to your account.
We have reasons to beleive that your account may have been
accessed by someone else. Please open attached file (open.html)
and Follow instructions.”
Don’t open the attachment; the e-mail is not sent from
admin@billpfaff.com, and the attachment contains a Trojan.
And they can’t spell “believe” properly, either!
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