JAKARTA - Currently, cybercriminals are increasingly targeting victims through phishing emails, malware, or so on.
If you click on a file or link sent by the perpetrator, it is likely that the hacker can access all private documents or the worst is to take over your device system.
Therefore, it is very important for you to protect your email from various illegal activities as mentioned earlier.
To do so, VOI has summarized five ways from Makeuseof, so that your emails avoid online threats.
Use Strong and Unique Password
It seems that the advice to use a strong and unique password is the main advice that is always recommended when you create an account.
You also have to create a unique password to make it more difficult to solve. Don't forget to include a combination of big and small letters, numbers, and symbols.
Although with a complicated password it's possible that you forget, you can still initiate it by storing the password in various ways, including on a piece of paper, hard drives, password managers, or more.
Use Anti-Spam Feature
Since spam email is now very common, a lot of email providers are developing anti-spam tools that you can use to avoid this illicit communication.
Like Microsoft Outlook or Gmail, you can enable a spam filter that places all suspicious emails in the spam folder.
This filter can lower your chances of interacting with those spam emails. However, maybe this doesn't work 100 percent forever, sometimes you have to check the spam folder if needed. Because sometimes spam filters incorrectly think email is a dangerous email.
Block Suspicious Email Address
While some scammers may just try to contact you once or twice, blocking suspicious email addresses may be your choice.
Usually fast enough and easy enough to block email addresses, but the process may be a little different depending on the provider you're using.
Use Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)
Almost all services that require you to log in using passwords provide Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) as an additional protector of your account.
This process works by verifying the entry process via a trusted device or other platform. For example, if you're trying to log in to Gmail, you can choose to login via your smartphone.
Or, you can use a security key, send you a code, or use an authentication application such as Authy or Google Auttencatator.
Use Trusted Anti Virus Software
Many third-party companies have created trusted antiviral software, such as Kaspersky, McAfee, Avira, and many more.
Although all antiviral programs are different, leading providers can carry out routine scanning of your device to find and eliminate malicious programs to keep you safe.
Antiviruses will detect gang malware distributed via email, either via attachment or malicious link, or in other forms.
So activating an antiviral program can help stop the malicious software from infecting your device.
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