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Step by step instructions: attachment blocking

How to block attachments from reaching your email box

Every email virus travels to your mailbox as an attachment to an incoming email message. According to anti-virus statistics, the vast majority of viruses are spreading because you (as the computer user) are opening dangerous file attachments. Email worm, trojan or backdoor viruses, such as W32 Netsky, Mydoom, Blaster, Sasser, Beagle and so on, are relying on the user to open an attachment containing the virus file, which as a result will start infecting the computer and produce damage.

Email Sentinel Pro offers an easy, yet extremely effective way to stay away from email viruses, by blocking your access to unsafe attachments. Moreover, Email Sentinel Pro can block email messages attached to incoming emails, which is another method used by viruses to infect computers.

In order to block attachments, you will need to add the unsafe file extensions to the filtering list.



Here is a full list of unsafe file extensions.