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Phishing is one of the most common cyber-attacks that everyone should learn about in order to protect themselves.
            It is a fraudulent practice of sending emails to reputed companies or personnel in order to incite them to reveal their
            financial and personal information so that they can steal sensitive data like credit card or login information, or to install
            malware on the victim’s machine.




                          Subject: Detecting a Phishing E-mail
                          Following can act as hints to detect Phishing E-mail:

                          •  Spelling and Unusual Grammar: Cyber criminals generally make grammar and spelling mistakes
                             because they  use dictionary too often to convert  in  a specific  language. If you notice such
                             mistakes in an e-mail, it might be a scam.
                          •  E-mail Links: Some links in the e-mail are usually with unknown URLs. To verify, take the mouse
                             (but don’t click) over the link to see if the address matches the link that was typed in the message.
                             Some links may also forward to .exe, or zip files. These are known to install malicious software.
                          •  Acknowledgment: Generally, the cyber criminals don’t know the names of targets except the
                             e-mail addresses, so they use just a part of the targeted e-mail address, in the salutation or a
                             uses general salutation.




            Spoofing means faking someone's identity. It is done by fake emails, text messages and websites created to look like
            they're from authentic companies. They're sent by criminals to steal personal and financial information from you. For
            example: adidasenquiry@gmail.com

            Some common online spoofing threats are like:
            E-mail Spoofing: When someone sends e-mails that appear genuine from a trusted e-mail ID but in reality they're not
            trustworthy. In this type of spoofing, a user may receive an e-mail from a portal or social media platform where spelling
            of service provider or email ID has been slightly changed. For example, mailto:customersupport@tridentportall.com.
            Notice that the spelling of "portall" is incorrect.

            Chat Spoofing: Chat spoofing is a type of spoofing in which a computer system or a user of a computer chats with
            someone using a false identity.  This  type of  spoofing  is  done  with  the intent of  gathering personal  or business
            information. For example,

            Dear consumar you Electricity power will be disconnected. tonight at 10.30PM electricity office.Because you preious
            month bill not was updated. Please immediately contract with our electricity officer 8240357605 Thank you.

            This can be avoided if the end user’s system is well equipped with firewalls, antivirus software, anti-spywares, strong
            passwords, etc.


                    ANTIVIRUS

            A set of programs that identifies and removes malware is known as antivirus software. You must have an antivirus
            software installed on your computer. It detects the virus in the computer and prevents it from replicating itself onto
            your computer system.

            Hundreds of new viruses are developed every hour. Antivirus software developers regularly release updates on the
            Internet that allow their programs to detect the latest known viruses. You can update your copy of antivirus only
            through the Internet. So, it is essential to have an Internet connection to update antivirus software. Eradicating a virus
            is the term used for cleaning a computer.



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