Spamdrain auto-renewal is ready for use!

Great news!
From now on, our users may choose recurrent payment as a method of Spamdrain subscription renewal.
Intrigued? Here are the details 🙂

Previously the only way to renew Spamdrain subscription was using manual procedure with several steps: go the account page –> choose the needed options to renew –> land on our payments systems page and renew your subscription manually. You had to repeat this action each time when your subscription was about to expire.

What has changed
The manual renewal method has not changed at all, but the new saving-time-method has been added.
Now you can choose the suitable payment method upon sign up or any time at your Account page, save the details and we will do the rest on a monthly or yearly basis.

Advantages
– Recurring payments are available for all customers.
– You choose the needed payment method once, save it and you are all set.
– You are notified by email each time when renewal is processed.
– No need to enter the same details each time when your subscription comes to an end.
– No need to remember that renewal date is coming.

Just in case, you can stop auto-renewal any time if you wish.

Feel free to check the new payment workflow here.

Find more details at our subscription and billing help desk section here.

If you have any feedback or comments you are very welcome to drop them here:

feedback@spamdrain.com

Thanks!

Spamdrain iOS app release

The day has come. Thursday, September 19th 2019, was announced as the day Apple would launch the iOS 13 update. However, this is not going to be yet another of those “everything you should now about iOS 13” posts. Instead, we’ve got even more exciting news for you. We have released a new version of our Spamdrain app for iOS!!! YAY!!!

We’ve put a lot of love into this release. Here are some of the highlights:

  • The app now takes advantage of the larger screens of the iPhone X and later.
  • The app’s download size has been optimized and is now considerably smaller.

The app is available now in the App Store. Please update (or download from the App Store if you don’t have it already) to enjoy the latest and greatest of the world’s best spam filter app!

Your feedback is more than welcome, please do not hesitate to comment below or drop us a support ticket.

Thanks for reading!

2019 filtering statistics part 1

We have already passed the equator of 2019 year and heading to a bit colder part of the year. It’s good that our spamsters are not affected by weather and continue working hard regardless of the season. First half of 2019 did bring us lots of old spam waves and phishing messages and some new of course. However, if we look back into 2018 and compare results of the same period, we can see that the number of spam messages compared to valid ones overall is descending.


Chain letters, porn spam, money scams and email spoofing were the most popular new spam messages along with old school fraud and lottery winning ones. Looking back into statistics of 2018 spam filtering we can see that there were 170 M messages filtered during first half of last year and only 73 M (43%) of them were classified as valid messages.
Yes, that’s correct 97 M messages were blocked by our Spamsters which is 57% of the total number. A big amount of spam, you might think, but the good news is that garbage stays in your blocked list. Another visible trend compared to previous years is that the spam part is getting lower. This year first half brings us the following numbers:

Filtered: 181 M

Valid: 108 M (60%)

Spam: 73 M (40%)

As you can see this year numbers of all filtered messages are almost the same as the last year first half. However, valid messages beaten the spam ones – yay! According to our statistics we can see March is being “the most spamming month” while May brought us the biggest amount of messages to filter.

We can also see that starting from May till now the amount of spam messages is decreasing a bit. Probably due to high season of vacation not only for recipients of spam messages but for senders as well 🙂

Let’s wait a few months till December to see how this year charts will end up.

Thanks for reading and stay tuned!

Three reasons to like Spamdrain from the first sight:

1 Hassle-free signup – instant sign up with no credit card required for your convenience. Your spamster starts cleaning up your inbox immediately, so you can focus on the important things! The 14 days free trial period gives you plenty of time to get to know your spamsters . To tell you the truth, some people don’t even wait for the end of trial period and switch to the paid version.

2 It is cloud based. There is no need to install any desktop applications. Just visit the Spamdrain website in order to sign in and that’s it – your filtering will be working all the time.

3 Pocket spamster – carry your spamster with you on Android and iOS.  . We have free Android and iOS apps for you. The same filtering on your mobile device in one tap! Easy to use, handy and polished apps per your spam filtering needs!

Are there are any other reasons you like Spamdrain for? Let us know in the comments below!

Android App Released!

This day has come!

Spamdrain Android app is already released and it is ready to be downloaded in the Play Market. The latest version is 3.0.22.

Our Team has worked really hard to bring you high quality app which will make your Inbox extra clean and polished. The latest version includes fixes to the issues that our users previously experienced. All the crashes we’ve found and all the bugs you’ve reported are already corrected. We have also updated the texts that were in English and were not translated to other languages. Yep, our spamsters are from Sweden but they are international and ready to clean up Inboxes all over the world. There are some notable improvements in the Gmail and Outlook sign in. Please feel free to download the latest version if it is not yet updated automatically.

We have made efforts to bring to the world the high quality app but if you find any issues, errors or something you think is not right with the app, please feel free to contact us:

support@spamdrain.com

and we will work even harder to improve your experience with Spamdrain.

You are welcome to follow our Facebook and Twitter social pages in order to be the first one to see major updates.

Thanks!

Spamdrain Android app released for beta testing!

We are happy to announce that a new beta version of our Android app is waiting for you to try out! You can now be among the first ones to see the new changes and help us test it on your device.

If you have previously joined our beta program the update should already be ready for you to download from within the Google Play Store app on your device. To join the beta program and get access to this and future beta releases of Spamdrain click the link below and sign in using the Google account you use on your device:

Join the Spamdrain beta program

This beta release includes bug fixes, improvements and a polished look. We will continue working on our mobile app and you can expect new updates the coming months as we work our way towards a final release to be published to all users in the Google Play Store.

Feel free to contact us if you would like to provide us with feedback or report any issues you run into. Please send your feedback to

support@spamdrain.com

Have a great day and stay tuned!

Top 5 most dangerous attachment types

In this article we gathered 5 the most dangerous email attachment types. It’s a good thing they stay in the blocked list and not in your Inbox. Don’t know what’s a blocked list? Well, this means that you are not a Spamdrain user yet and you should definitely sign up here: 


https://spamdrain.com


So what stays there, in the blocked list? The most common file is the .PDF one. Your favorite newsletter, guide for some device or any other .pdf file you would like to download from the email message could be harmful to your device. Make sure the message containing the file is from the trusted source and double check before downloading it. 

The other one is a .ZIP file, the easiest way to pack a lot of files into one archive. Of course, one of the unpacked files could be from the bad guy, waiting for you to click on it. By the way, not just the .ZIP extension could be harmful. There is .7Z well known archive extension that could also contain phishing or any other harmful files. 

The next one is a Microsoft Office based file. The most popular are the .DOC or .XLSX extensions but it could also be any other Microsoft Office document based extension. 

We won’t be telling you how the opened software installs virus applications or how it tracks as much sensitive data as possible. We do not want you to remove the message once you found one of the mentioned extensions file. The main point of the article is to warn you once you see the suspicious attachment. Once you discover something wrong – proceed with caution and double check each click. 


The best way to secure yourself and your family is to refer to our recommendation from the beginning regarding sign up for Spamdrain. Our spamsters will do the rest. 


Thanks for reading!


Stay spam free 😉 

Summer is coming

     We are now one month away from summer.  This is the time when spammers getting ready to go hunting. Beach stuff to buy (you’ve already bought), summer trips (places you’ve already been to) and other spam/newsletters messages you do not need are just a few examples of messages you would like to avoid in your Inbox.

     In this case, it is the right time to start using Spamdrain. Our spamsters will do our best to keep your Inbox clean and spam free. In 14 days you will be happy seeing your brand new tidy Inbox. Yep, such a short period will be enough (actually it is a free trial period for you to get acquainted) to get ready for summer. In few clicks your email address will be ready for summer (please note, no gym attendance needed!). Easy to set up, easy to use and easy to remove – though we will work hard for you to stay with us. Your Inbox guard will be with you anytime anywhere even if you are flying to some warm places in the clouds. Exactly, our spamsters work perfectly in cloud 😉

   We are user friendly and your friends are welcome too! Bonuses for them are already waiting for you:


Why you should secure your email address Part 2

We continue sharing smart suggestions from our spamsters regarding email security:

  • be smart with password – previous case leads us to the next one. Upper and lower case, numbers, signs, digits – be creative as much as possible (with 8 characters at least 😉 )
  • change your password regularly and keep different – it is a second part of the previous suggestion. P.S. Keep different does not mean to change password from PasS8Wor#d1 to  PasS8Wor#d2. Remember, be creative!
  • create a testing email address using free email providers  – probably not the best decision in terms to those email providers but it is legal anyway. Using testing email address allows you to check the services that look suspicious to you. You can always change the email address to the other one once you are confident that it is secured to use.
  • two factor authentication – if your email provider supports it – use it! This also applies to third party services using your email address. In this case you can create an app specific password.
  • avoid replying to unknown – let it stay in your blocked list. This is the best one, where you add your email address to the Spamdrain filtering and we do the rest 😎

Thank you for reading!

 

Have a great day and a secured mailbox!

Why you should secure your email address Part 1

Email security is now one of the most readable and discussed topic on the Internet. Since online security evolves, the same thing happens with attempts to hack email accounts. We’ve gathered some most helpful things to do with your email account we found effective and easy to do:
  • use ssl – this means it is better to use secure transfer instead of non-SSL. For instance for IMAP connection type 993 protocol is more secure than 143. You can change the settings at Spamdrain but before ask your email provider if they support SSL connection (we think they should!).
  • hackers want your personal data – than don’t give it! Easy to use rule is to not reply to strange email message providing your personal data. If you think your bank provider or internet provider is asking you to send some data they never asked before – it’s a sign to double check. For instance, account@googl.com or similar sender could be not so honest and legitimate than actual account@google.com
  • phishing – taking your login/bank details. These are the email messages trying to find your credit card details or any other online money access. Example of such message could be email message from your favorite online store from no-reply@mazoncanada.ca (where “a” is definitely missing), with a general “Dear Client” greeting instead of “Dear Julia” asking you to confirm your identity by clicking on the link. By the way, link could look fine itself, but when you hover over the link it leads to some other content.
  • entering your personal data. Let’s imagine an email message asking you to confirm your age and hey! – there is already a field built-in in the message to enter you birth data. What a smart solution you would think (in this case think without double checking) – you enter the data and click on submit. A few minutes later social media account is hacked? Hmm, definitely birth date is not the best password and entering it into the spam message is not the best action.

Stay tuned and be the first one to read part two next week!