WHAT IS EMAIL BOMBARDMENT?

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An email bombing is an attack on your inbox that involves sending massive amounts of messages to it. Sometimes these messages are incomprehensible. But more often, they will be confirmation emails for newsletters and subscriptions. Thus, in the latter case, the attacker uses a script to search for forums and newsletters on the internet. Then they sign up for an account with your email address. Each will send you a confirmation email, asking you to confirm your address. Also, this process is repeated on as many unprotected sites as the script can find. The term Email Bombing or Email Bombing; it can also refer to flooding an email server with too many emails. In an attempt to overwhelm the server and disable it. But that's not the goal here; it would be a challenge to cut down on the modern email accounts used. Meanwhile, Google or Microsoft email servers, anyway. So instead of a denial of service (DOS) attack; against the email servers you are using. Also, the flood of messages
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HOW TO BLOCK SPYWARE EASILY

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Spyware (or spyware) is often difficult to detect, and can become a serious security problem for the affected user, as it tries to obtain personal information such as login details on certain websites, or even banking information.

BLOCK SPYWARE
The spyware, or spyware, is a type of malicious software, also known as malware, which is installed on your computer, tablet or mobile phone without being authorized have (and even often without realizing it). Not only does it invade the device, it can also steal confidential information, in addition to capturing the use we make on the internet to later transmit it to external users, data companies or advertisers.

The truth is that any software that has been downloaded without the express authorization of the user can be classified as spyware. Therefore, it becomes one of the most common threats for users who continuously surf the Internet. And, once installed, it monitors the person's activity on the internet, tracks their login credentials (both username and password), and can also spy on confidential information.

In most cases they pursue the objective of obtaining passwords for access to multiple online services, credit card numbers and bank information. In addition, it is usually difficult to detect, although there are some "symptoms" that can alert us to it. At first, the most common thing is to notice a notable reduction in the speed of the internet connection, or the processor. Whereas, in the case of mobile phones, it can mainly influence the battery life and data usage.

Even if you have never faced this problem, it is always convenient to know how we can prevent the installation of any spyware on our computer, or mobile phone.

We explain some guidelines and tips that you should keep in mind.

Safe browsing and good practices

Always download files only from trusted sources

 

Whenever possible, try to download the software directly from the original developer's official website. In addition, it is convenient to be especially careful with software that requests our personal information, or even tries to install other applications or additional programs.

If you use Windows, remember to be especially careful with executable files, especially when they come from unknown sources. In this sense, Microsoft uses a specific digital signature for trusted developers, so the user will be notified when the installer of that specific software does not have one.

If you use macOS X, you probably know that as of version 10.8 this operating system only allows, by default, the installation of applications from trusted developers. Also, you can check these settings through System Preferences and Security & Privacy.

When it comes to mobile devices, iOS users can only install applications from the App Store, which is why they are considered almost one hundred percent secure. Outside of this service, it is not possible to do so unless the device is jailbroken.

Make sure your web browser is updated to the latest version.

Make sure you have best antivirus installed in your device.

Keeping our web browser properly updated, with the latest version, ensures that the latest security fixes are active, especially while browsing our favorite websites.

On many occasions, most modern browsers tend to update themselves in the background, as they become available, so we will have practically nothing to do.

Analyze files that have been downloaded without your permission

Although in most cases the browser warns us from the moment a web page tries to download a file to our computer, it is always a good idea to go directly to the 'Downloads' folder to check, by date, the latest files downloaded.

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