{"id":1181,"date":"2010-08-25T12:59:40","date_gmt":"2010-08-25T18:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webii.net\/blog\/2010\/08\/beware-of-attachment-emails\/"},"modified":"2022-01-31T16:34:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T22:34:07","slug":"beware-of-attachment-emails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webii.net\/blog\/beware-of-attachment-emails\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware of Attachment Emails"},"content":{"rendered":"

The trend of late is a revisit from \u201cyour account has been updated\u201d emails.\u00a0 These emails may be phrased to tell you that a recent security patch has been applied to your email service or website, or something similar.\u00a0 Then you will be asked to open an attached file to remedy the problem or officially apply the \u201csecurity\u201d fix.\u00a0 Beware \u2013 and definitely hesitate \u2013 before opening any attachment.<\/p>\n

In most cases, your web hosting<\/a> or email hosting provider will never ask you to open a file to deal with any sort of technical support issue.\u00a0 If you are unsure, simply pick up the phone and call your tech support team, or email them directly in a fresh email message (not a reply to or forward of that suspicious message).\u00a0 If you enjoy WEBii services<\/a>, these emails are absolutely NOT from us \u2013 we will never ask you to open a file to address anything with your email services.<\/p>\n

This is a recycled tactic used by hackers and spammers to gain some sort of control over your computer or your information.\u00a0 A file is most likely malicious software.\u00a0 The message may even say it is \u201cfrom\u201d your own website domain<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A good rule of thumb is to only open attachments that you are expecting from parties that you know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The trend of late is a revisit from \u201cyour account has been updated\u201d emails.\u00a0 These emails may be phrased to tell you that a recent security patch has been applied to your email service or website, or something similar.\u00a0 Then you will be asked to open an attached file to remedy the problem or officially […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10410,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,11,300],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-quick-tips","category-tech-support","category-www-learning-center"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBeware of Attachment Emails - WEBii<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A key cybersecurity practice is to not open things from people that you don't know. 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