Thunderbird: anti-Phishing protection, enable and E-mail for suspicious characteristics
The Thunderbird built-in Phishing protection checks all incoming E-Mails for suspicious characteristics and warns you if necessary. Enable Phishing protection, follow these steps:
- Click the Thunderbird menu bar, click "tools".
- In the opened menu, select "settings".
- Under the "security" tab select "fraud" and activate the Option "messages on attempts at fraud (Phishing), to investigate".
Thunderbird: Anti-Phishing Protection
Thunderbird: Of Other Anti-Virus Protection
You can connect Thunderbird with your Anti-Virus program. They allow so that your Anti-Virus program can move incoming virus emails in quarantine.
- The Option is located in the "tools" -> "settings".
- Here, again select the tab "security".
- Now click on "Anti-Virus" and activate the Option "Anti-Virus Software allow you to make incoming messages in quarantine".
- Save the Changes via "OK".
Thunderbird: Anti-Virus Protection
Be sure to keep Thunderbird up to date. Old Thunderbird versions may contain security gaps. Secure your E-Mail traffic also, if you use the SSL encryption in Thunderbird, enable.
