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|Scenario Task Parent=I want to be protected from malicious emails
|Scenario Task Type=Malware Infection
|Scenario Task Description=Receiving messages asking you to click on a certain link, reply with private and sometimes confidential data or open an attachment, could also be classified as a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing Phishing attacksattack]. Targeted attack messages - whereby the content is specifically created so as tailored to be relevant to you are known as [http://www.wired.com/2015/04/hacker-lexicon-spear-phishing/ spear phishing]. In the everyday humdrum of working life, reading dozens if not hundreds of emails per day, it is quite easy to mistakenly click on a link or open an attachment, without giving a second thought to the sender's identity or intent. Targeted attacks (an email purportedly from your friend or your boss) are even harder to detect. Some of the bigger email providers like [https://support.google.com/mail/answer/184963?hl=en&ref_topic=3394464&vid=1-635773191968940616-20681252 Gmail] or [http://www.microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/phishing-scams.aspx#Recognize Hotmail] offer help to detect and report phishing attacks. The [http://toolbar.netcraft.com/ NetCraft tool] can protect your web browser from accessing known websites used for phishing re-directions. Firefox users can also install additional [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/worldip/ add-ons] to double-check a site's validity before visiting it. In principles you should: * Never click on links in email messages directly (copy and paste them into the browser manually if you're intent on opening it)* Never open an attachment unless you are sure of the sender's identity and intent. Sometimes its better to reply confirming the message before opening it* [https://www.google.com/chrome‎ Google Chrome] and the open source [https://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/download-chromium Chromium] browser have built-in https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/99020?hl=en phishing protection] It may warn you in advance of opening up a known phishing site.
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