How can I block e-mails which might contain malicious files

In order to discard the e-mails which might contain malicious files, you have to follow the next steps:

1.  Connect to your cPanel account.

2. Navigate to Email category and click on Email Filters.

   NOTE: If you want to apply the filter for all email accounts, click on Global Email Filters.

   

3. Choose the e-mail address which you want to set the filter for and click on Manage Filters.

   

4. To add a new rule, click on "Create a New Filter" button.

   

5. Set the name for the filter and add a new rule for each type of extension you want to block (see below the potential malicious file extensions). To save the filter, click on Create.

   

   WARNING: The rule will reject all messages that contain one of the mentioned extensions. If you want to keep the messages in another folder, you will need to create a new folder and choose "Deliver to another folder" as the action.

   

   Examples of file extensions with a high risk of virus infection:

   ace	ade	adp	ani	app	asp	aspx	asx	bas	bat
   cer	chm	cmd	com	cpl	crt	csh	der	docm	exe
   fxp	gadget	hlp	hpj	hta	htc	inf	ins	isp	its
   jar	js	jse	ksh	lnk	mad	maf	mag	mam	maq
   mar	mas	mat	mau	max	maw	mda	mdb	mde	mdt
   mdw	mdz	mht	mhtml	msc	msh	msh1	msh2	msh2xml	mshxml
   msi	msp	mst	ops	msd	pcd	pif	plg	prf	prg
   ps1	ps1xml	ps2	ps2xml	psc1	psc2	pst	reg	scf	scr
   sct	shb	shs	tmp	url	vb	vbe	vbp	vbs	vsmacros
   vss	vst	vsw	ws	wsc	wsf	wsh	xml

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