A Quick Guide to Dealing with Malicious Emails in Ms Outlook

Many of us at times end up receiving emails

from unknown entities which are accompanied with attachments and spurious links. While some of us are careful enough not to touch such emails, many novice users end up getting caught in this web of malicious emails. Now if you are using the Ms Outlook email client, you can easily keep away from such emails by following the tips given below

Never open an Attachment in an email from of an unknown entity

When you receive an email from an unknown source you should try to validate its identity. In case you have any doubts regarding the authenticity of the sender, it always advisable to avoid opening any attachments included in such emails. Often such emails come with catchy taglines or seem to be sent from companies like Google or Microsoft but are in fact dubious emails sent by malicious individuals

Set Alerts for external links in Outlook

Phishing attacks have become a very common phenomena in recent years. Now if you ever receive an email that asks for your bank details or login details to any account on the internet, you should immediately delete the same. Such emails include phishing links to clone sites that aim at harnessing your personal and financial information. Moreover to avoid visiting such sites by mistake you should set alerts for external links in Ms Outlook. To do so you need to visit the Tools tab in Outlook and then click on Options. When the screen shows up visit the Security tab and click on “Change Automatic Download Settings”. Check the box next to the option that suggests “Warn me before downloading …”

Use Antivirus Software that scans email messages

Given the threat perception that we experience today, it is always advisable to install a state of the art antivirus solution in our PCs. Moreover you should make it a point to turn on email protection which ensures that emails landing into your Inbox have been scanned for viruses.

Be careful with Junk Emails

Outlook uses a sophisticated algorithm to identify junk emails. Now when you are sorting through emails in the Junk folders, you should be very careful before opening an email from an unknown source.

PST Files can be compromised during a virus attack

In case your system has been subjected to a virus attack, then the Outlook application too may be at risk. In many cases it has been noted that viruses can compromise the Outlook system files when they attempt to harness contact details and other information from it. At times PST files too become in accessible and during such challenging circumstances only an outlook repair like DataNumen Outlook Repair can come to your rescue. It can assuredly bring back the data encompassed in a corrupted PST file and can even extract it even if the damaged files are stored in a flash media disk.

Author Introduction:

Alan Chen is President & Chairman of DataNumen, Inc., which is the world leader in data recovery technologies, including sql recovery and outlook repair software products. For more information visit http://www.datanumen.com/