Recognizing and Managing Fast Moving Email Viruses

We’ve come a long way in terms of recognizing and preventing email viruses, but along with that the people creating them are getting more clever at disguising them. They can be a real problem, taking down your computer or in some cases even an entire network of them. An office that I worked at about 7 years ago had an infection that spread throughout the entire network, and it started with just one compromised machine. It took weeks and a lot of headache to finally clear it, definitely a situation that you want to avoid if possible. The best offense is a good defense, start with an anti-virus program like Mcafee.

Set Yourself Up with a Good Email Provider

Step one in terms of protecting yourself against potential threats is to pick a good service provider with good filters in place, so that known malicious emails never even reach your …

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