What should you do with a random email?

Dispose of a random email from an unfamiliar email address by adding it to the junk email folder. Never open these emails or click any links inside them because they often contain links to malware and computer viruses.

Cybercriminals rely on human curiosity to encourage people to open random emails, using subject titles like "Your parcel is ready for collection" or "You've just won the lottery!" as bait. A fully-featured antivirus software package can detect security threats from this type of email and can quarantine any infected files attached to them. It's safer to delete random emails rather than opening them and running the risk of infecting the computer.