“Hackers have flooded the Internet with virus-tainted spam that targets Facebook's estimated 400 million users in an effort to steal banking passwords and gather other sensitive information”
Reuters, 18th Mar 2010.
One recently case about billions that happen every year but aren’t exposed, internet is an open and free channel to share, do business and pass time, is part of our professional and personal style of life. This kind of fake email are sending every day to your junk folder…and also received in your inbox, having high probabilities to download several types of malicious software, including a program that steals passwords.
What can we do to avoid this risk? In the case of Facebook, they warning users to delete and warn their friends…but if it is not a famous and big company around the world. How do you recognize if it is your real bank or Facebook email? The hackers are specialist to imitate the design of any organization and easily make you victim of an internet fraud, take or damage your sensitive information.
What do you think if you receive an email like "Facebook password reset confirmation customer support"? is Facebook…so you trust them, many people were victims and opened the malware. The same happen with 200 billion emails sending per day on Internet. Spam is not just to lose your time and productivity, also represent risk to be victim of frauds.
Now, you have to options: let your email server like hotmail, gmail, yahoo or others work with their low levels of anti-virus and anti-spam regulations or find a professional solution to prevent and protect your confidential information.
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