A malicious file attached to an email is the most common way to encourage users to run malicious programs. These phishing attacks are generally well thought out. The email often indicates that the attachment is a receipt or invoice for a fictitious transaction, a fake document that needs to be urgently processed (for example, a tax note), information about a financial gain or a sum you would have inherited, or just a message from a friend or family member
Obviously, you should not open this attachment or click on a link in an email from someone you do not know.

  • To check the validity of an email, take a look at the sender by double-clicking on the name of the sender or by analyzing the headers .
  • Check that the email address is compatible with the organization that is supposed to have sent it.
  • The address is long and refers to an organization or place different from what I thought?
  • Or does it contain suspicious or unusual strings of letters and numbers?
  • In this case, you can safely delete the email.


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