Securing Email

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DO you ever received email from someone you’d know but when you confirm the him, he said that he never send the email? maybe this email contain viruses, or said anything that made you angry, or asking sensitive financial information. or just some useless joke and you just abounded it.

Do you know that this is a fake email? And it is easy to create? In fact you don’t have special skill to create this email. you don’t have to know programming language! all you need to do is just looking for at google for keyword “xccdonts.asp “. open the link, and there is email submitted form where you can change the “from” address with any address you like. here are the example:

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And if fake email is easy, how to secure your email? here are some tips :

- anti spam, add anti spam to your email system.

- anti virus, don’t forget with antivirus.

- trusted email address, check and open email from trusted email address only.

- signature,give your email signature, and add digital signature if possible. and annoucence your friend about your (digital) signature. asking them to use this as well.


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