9. You respond to an email from an unknown person requesting personal information If you received an email in which someone promises you a fabulous fortune just for doing something which is almost no trouble, they usually need some information… Read more → from Improve Your Security http://ift.tt/1qReH3E via improve-your-security.org Get the free eBook from […]
You unsubscribe from commercial emails that you never requested Remember that spam emails are made to look authentic. This means that they will almost always contain some links which allow you to unsubscribe. But, instead of that they just make you verify that your emailaddress is valid. Don’t unsubscribe! Just mark the email as spam […]
7. You see in your browser a lot more ads than ever before If your browser window is cluttered with ads which didn’t seem to be there last time you visited the website, it may be that you installed a… Read more → from Improve Your Security http://ift.tt/1GxiGfU via improve-your-security.org Get the free eBook from […]
Remember the Spammer’s Compendium (where I have a spam method named after me: (UH!Mustaca!HTML))? There is an entry from 2003 called “Ze Foreign Accent“. Back then it was rather primitive, but now it comes in a much improved (if we can say that) form: The link on “Click here” goes to a Google Drive hosted site […]
6. Friends report that your emails are marked as spam or that they receive unsolicited emails from you or that your emails never reach them Antispam services use the reputation of a domain and email address to detect if it… Read more → from Improve Your Security http://ift.tt/1z2AxpV via improve-your-security.org Get the free eBook from […]
5. Your social media profile has posts you never authorized or wrote If you see in your Facebook or Twitter account posts that you didn’t write, then most probably someone or something got access to your account. In this context it… Read more → from Improve Your Security http://ift.tt/1x2UhvQ via improve-your-security.org Get the free eBook from […]
4. You get warnings from online services that you logged on from various locations When you visit certain websites (e.g. Google, Facebook, LinkedIn) you get a warning if you are logged in on different devices on different geographical locations. If… Read more → from Improve Your Security http://ift.tt/1ugU32U via improve-your-security.org Get the free eBook from […]
3. Your computer and/or your browsing is slower than before Even if this is not necessarily a certain sign of a malware infection, it is often the case. If your browsing is also slower,… Read more → from Improve Your Security http://ift.tt/1rMttrD via improve-your-security.org Get the free eBook from […]
2. You have one single password for all or most your online accounts In the last months many services were hacked and email addresses and password hashes (sometimes passwords in plain text) were stolen. This allows hackers to reverse engineer… Read more → from Improve Your Security http://ift.tt/1G5jrfZ via improve-your-security.org Get the free eBook from […]
You see in your account (debit or credit) an amount of money spent that you can’t explain If you see an in your bank account listing an amount which you know you didn’t spend nor authorized, no matter how small… Read more → from Improve Your Security http://ift.tt/1toAN0s via improve-your-security.org Get the free eBook from […]
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