FREE tool for checking suspicious mail

Non-Avast security products
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Metadefender Email Security Cloud
https://www.opswat.com/metadefender-email-security-cloud-mesc-faq

[b]1. What is Metadefender Email Security Cloud?[/b]

Metadefender Email Security Cloud (MESC) is a free online service provided by OPSWAT for you to scan and sanitize suspicious emails and email attachments.

2. How do I use MESC?

Simply forward any email to sanitize-beta@metadefender.com to run a comprehensive email threat scan. After the scan, you will receive an email reply with the scan result as well as the regenerated, sanitized copy of any email attachments.

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As you probably know I’m a trusting sort (NOT), so I probably wouldn’t trust them with my data (email address, etc.) even though it is opswat.

So I use a paid option that pulls down a small portion of the email (form my email servers) and analyses them, generally for spam. But I also keep an eye out for suspect email and look at the headers, etc. and flag for deletion off the email servers.

Once done it calls my email client and I download the remaining emails.

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Btw,Numecod malware abuse (posting dropbox links in e-mails) is currently the biggest problem for antivirus vendors.

Avast! In that case has a generic detection now in place to catch this polymorphic malware.

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Some doubt certain protocols, like here: https://sockpuppet.org/blog/2015/01/15/against-dnssec/
More than one vision in the world, like now FTC urging firms to enroll DMARC against PHISHING.

See:

polonus

P.S. Just for the fun of it, this sockpuppet contribution on the DNS backbone: https://sockpuppet.org/blog/2016/10/27/14-dns-nerds-dont-control-the-internet/

Damian