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How Can You Identify the Phishing Emails?

Undoubtedly, Emails nowadays have become the most widely used source of having online conversations, especially for businesses. Unfortunately, phishing attacks through emails are more active than ever before. As per a Data Breach Investigation Report, 2018 by our ESET Technical Support professionals – near about 49% of the malware that reaches the victim’s device or network is via phishing emails. This is because poor people cannot identify such malicious emails. The simple error of being unable to determine the risk can make the users fall victim to impactful data breaches. So, remember that if you don’t know ‘how to recognize the phishing emails’, your confidential data is at risk.



Guidelines That Aid in Being Able to Identify the Phishing Emails


The below instructions ESET Antivirus Support mavens will make you learn ‘how to determine the phishing emails so as to stay safe from being the victim’.

1. Website Links: It is one of the most frequently used ways by the hackers who are intended to steal users’ significant information. Here, the legitimate-looking emails sent by the spammers contain false and infected links. The step of clicking the links will redirect the users to some malicious websites. Most of the times, they appear like emails through your banking or other service providers. Once you provide your details on the website where the link takes you, your info will be stolen and the spammers can access your bank accounts easily. So, don’t click the links with URLs having spelling or grammar mistakes and those not starting with https.


“Don’t Risk Gifting Your Hard-Earned Life Savings to Cybercriminals”


2. Attachments: Before opening any attachment to your email, be cautious. Two main forms in which the infected attachments perform phishing attack are:


• HTML Attachments: These are the infected files designed in HTML format.

• Macros: Email created to fool you by this type of attachment holds documents that will open up only when you as a user enable macros.

As soon as you detect any of these attachments in your inbox, contact the certified and proficient ESET Customer Support experts. They will help you in getting rid of the same without being victim to the phishing attack.


3. Luring Subject-lines: The most common sort of phishing emails is those covering subject-lines that appear too fascinating. For example – A subject claiming that you have won Rs. 10.000, or just by clicking this link, you can win a LED TV from Amazon.



4. The Sense of Urgency: Phishing emails often hold messages, subject-lines that develop a sense of urgency. For example – warnings like ‘your bank account has experienced doubtful activity, one of your friends has lost his purse holding his/ her identity and now he/ she needs a financial help.


So, these are the most common ways that the cybercriminals use to make the people victim to phishing attacks.


“Don’t fool yourself by thinking that the cybercriminals target only the great businessmen, most attacks target the unprepared”


Hence, everyone should know the tactic to spot the phishing emails & participate in the battle against the threat.


Conclusion: Such minor initiatives on the part of every individual will for sure play a vital role in safeguarding the system and data being shared in the digital world. So, be responsible and play your role with dedication. To lower down the impact of phishing attack if anyhow you open any malicious email, contact ESET Customer Support techies.


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