Belmont University

Attachment Spam Email on the rise


If you have noticed that more spam is coming your way you are not alone. We are able to block about 90% of all spam on campus, but spammers keep getting smarter. Much of the new spam hitting your email box is called attachment spam. The email has a PDF attachment pushing a stock. To block this type of message it would mean we would have to block PDF attachments which is not practical. If you are interested in learning more about the new attachment spam that we are getting select the article below. Hopefully, our Barracuda spam blocker as well as Sublime spam service will be able to improve the situation. So, for now just delete!!

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article on spam attachment emails that are flooding inboxes


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