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2. Protecting your AOL Account

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   It's best to read the information available to you on your antivirus software’s website, but here are some of our recommendations to avoid viruses: • Scan all new files with virus-scanning software before opening. • Don’t download files from unknown sources, either from your email or the web.

3. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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   Best practices • Don't enable the "use less secure apps" feature. • Don't reply to any SMS request asking for a verification code. • Don't respond to unsolicited emails or requests to send money. • Pay attention to the types of data you're authorizing access to, especially in third-party apps.

4. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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   Phishing scams happen when you receive an email that looks like it came from a company you trust (like AOL), but is ultimately from a hacker trying to get your information. All legitimate AOL Mail will be marked as either Certified Mail, if its an official marketing email, or Official Mail, if it's an important account email. If you get an ...

5. 5 practical ways to keep your financial information and ... - AOL

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   Over the past five years, more than 3.79 million people were victims of cybercrime and fraud, according to the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), with potential losses estimated around $12 ...

6. Technical support scam - Wikipedia

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   Advanced scam baiters may infiltrate the scammer's computer, and potentially disable it by deploying RATs, distributed denial of service attacks and destructive malware. Scam baiters may also attempt to lure scammers into exposing their unethical practices by leaving dummy files or malware disguised as confidential information such as credit ...

7. Malwarebytes (software) - Wikipedia

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   Malwarebytes is primarily a scanner that scans and removes malicious software, including rogue security software, adware, and spyware. Malwarebytes scans in batch mode, rather than scanning all files opened, reducing interference if another on-demand anti-malware software is also running on the computer. [8] [9]