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====== How to prevent email being spoofed? ====== | ====== How to prevent email being spoofed? ====== | ||
- | Email spoofing is when someone sends an email pretending to be someone they are not. Such email appears to be originated from a trusted sender - such as customers, coworkers or managers, or even yourself - but they are actually sent from cybercriminals, who would trick you into transferring money to them, downloading an attachment with malware that could infect to your entire network, | + | Email spoofing is when someone sends an email pretending to be someone they are not. Such email appears to be originated from a trusted sender - such as customers, coworkers or managers, or even yourself - but they are actually sent from cyber-criminals, who would trick you into transferring money to them, downloading an attachment with malware that could infect to your entire network, |
While there is no fool-proof way to prevent abuse to your email address, here are several practices that you can adopt when it comes to securing your email address: | While there is no fool-proof way to prevent abuse to your email address, here are several practices that you can adopt when it comes to securing your email address: | ||
- | * Set the "Allow spoof email" settings to **No** in your SMTP Settings. You can find this settings by logging in to your webmail as the Avomaster or voadmin, then go to Profile > Admin > SMTP settings. Remember to press **Update** once you have done setting. | + | * Set the "Allow spoof email" settings to **No** in your SMTP Settings. You can find this settings by logging in to your webmail as the Avomaster or voadmin, then go to **(1)Profile |
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* Change your password frequently; use strong password that is difficult to guess. Refer to the link here to [[https:// | * Change your password frequently; use strong password that is difficult to guess. Refer to the link here to [[https:// | ||
* Run full virus scans on your computer **at least** once a week. | * Run full virus scans on your computer **at least** once a week. |