Understand the precautions it takes to keep up with the sophisticated nature of email attacks.

More than three years after the infamous declaration from Microsoft's Bill Gates that “spam will be solved” in 2009, unsolicited junk mail continues to bombard email servers, dumping malicious attachments, phishing lures and spam advertising for fake pharmaceuticals.

According to data culled from Microsoft’s malicious software removal tool, a free utility that’s updated and shipped once a month on Patch Tuesday, more than 97 percent of email messages sent over the Internet over the last year can be considered spam, with the majority linked to financially motivated malware attacks.

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RECOMMENDATIONS
Email networks are a crucial spoke in the malware distribution wheel and, as the volume of spam rises, consumers and businesses must take extra precautions to keep up with the sophisticated nature of attacks.

1. Invest in robust anti-spam and content filtering protection. This allows you to stay ahead of blended threats that combine unsolicited email with web-borne attacks.

2. Combine anti-spam technologies with anti-malware solutions to intercept and block executables and other malicious content from infecting systems.

3. Keep all third party desktop software, browsers and operating system patches up to date. This reduces your exposure to drive-by attacks.

4. Make sure employees are educated about the risks presented by email-borne attacks. This education should include safe browsing habits.

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