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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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ANTIVIRUS- PROTECTS PC

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How to protect a PC with an Antivirus, Firewall, Anti Spyware and Anti-Spam The world is full of many dangers that threaten our security every day. With that in mind, we shield you with these simple steps to protect your PC with Antivirus , Firewall, Anti Spyware and Anti-Spam. If you want to more stay with us and get yourself updated.   New viruses circulate on the network every day in the computing environment. People who try to steal passwords, programs that damage our files, that's why we have to protect ourselves. For this, Antivirus , Firewall, Anti Spyware and Anti-Spam have been created that serve as shields. How can we protect our PC using one of these systems? First of all, we want you to know that there are programs that directly protect us from these malicious programs. How to protect my PC with an Antivirus : A powerful soldier Our computer can be exposed to viruses, Trojans, worms, and other elements that can infiltrate with the purpose of doing a lot of damag
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What does an antivirus do to detect malware?

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Antivirus is that tool that we constantly mention in our articles and security notices and whose functionality is essential to preserve the integrity of the information and the systems that manage it. However, until now, we have not discussed what it does, exactly, to protect our devices. In this article we will show you some details and characteristics of this basic cybersecurity tool. What does an antivirus do? An antivirus is a type of software whose main objective is to detect and block malicious actions on the computer, generated by any type of malware and, in the event of an infection, to eliminate it. Currently, this type of software is part of what are known as security tool suites that incorporate other functionalities: password managers, Wi-Fi network analyzers or blockers of malicious websites such as those used in phishing campaigns . Malware detection Antiviruses incorporate a large number of functions. Today we are going to focus on how they detect malicious code. To d
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Types of Antivirus: Classification and Functions

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Nowadays no one doubts the importance of having a reliable and updated   antivirus   that protects your computer from possible attacks, but depending on what type of antivirus you have installed on your computer, you will have better or worse security. In this article you will verify that there are many types of antivirus and to show you, we will classify them according to different criteria such as: their purpose, according to whether they are created to meet a specific objective, according to how they are executed and according to their brand. What types of antivirus are there?  Types of antivirus according to their purpose  Preventive antivirus:  They are characterized because they analyze the input and output of all the data on your computer in order to intercept possible threats, anticipating the infection of the computer by malicious programs. They are installed in the internal memory of the computer and can sometimes slow down its operation. Antivirus identifiers:  As their nam
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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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TESTING THE ANTIVIRUS THAT YOU USE

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Have you ever wondered how antivirus is tested before it is available on the market? The truth is that, despite what you may think at first, these applications pass a series of tests that have the mission, obviously, of verifying their effectiveness. Well, for most IT security vendors these assessments are now out of date. Testing an antivirus before its launch is something that is done regularly. Thus, the AV Tests (name by which the aforementioned tests are known) allow users to choose which antivirus they want to install on their computers, knowing what their main characteristics are and what they protect against. So far everything normal. So what is the problem? Some manufacturers of security solutions have raised their voices against the fact that these tests are “not modernized”. In what sense? Some companies claim that, although the complexity of security applications has grown considerably in recent times, when conducting evaluations they do not test the new technologies w
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BOOT SECTOR VIRUS

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Boot sector viruses are one of the oldest forms of computer viruses. They infect the boot sector or partition table of a hard drive so that they start the moment the computer is turned on. Here is everything you need to know about them and the threat they pose. It affects system with the hard drive. Mainly, PC-based computers are affected more frequently, although a Mac system may be affected as well. What is boot sector virus? A boot sector virus is not a specific virus, it is a particular way that viruses can affect your computer. A boot sector is a physical sector on your hard drive that is required to initiate the boot process and load your operating system. By placing a virus here, it means that the virus is activated every time you start your computer, even before your operating system starts to start. Often times, you won't even realize it's happening, making the threat even worse. How does the boot sector virus work? Each boot sector virus works differentl
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