I mentioned this before.
Anti-virus:
Install one and KEEP IT UPDATED! At the very least once a week.
Never open an email attachment that is not a known image file such as .jpg, .gif, .bmp or rarely, .tif or movie files such as .mov and .mpeg.
If you cant identify the attachment file extension as an image or you dont trust the sender then just delete the files.
if the file contains any kind of executable such as .pif, .scr, .exe and so-on just delete it.
A common falacy is that just by downloading the executable that your system is infected. This is crap! The executable file must be actually opened or run (executed, hence Executable) to infect the system.
Spam:
NEVER, EVER respond to spam messages that ask you to "click here" to be "removed from our database"
You will simply be added to a thousand other databases as a valid email address. This is a beauty and will guarantee legions of junk mail from there on.
Install a simple anti-spam programme. These are cheap or free and are lightweight applications that look at the addresses from potential spammers and when a mail is identified as spam the mails are loaded into a "Spam" folder.
These can be later deleted.
Any spam that makes it thru has not bee identified by anyone else using the programe so when you click on the "Spam" button any mails sent from that addy again will be identified as spam to all other users of the programme.
Basically the more users the bigger the database.
Avoid any spam programme that "bounces" identified spam or auto-replies.
This is creating spam in itself and further clogging the web!
Those email addies that spam appear to come from are never monitored aliases and will simply generate a bounce back to you!
I use a simple and lightweight spam proggie called SpamFighter. It is free and catches over 95% of spam.
There you have it.
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tassupervee That really hurts doesnt it!
1,171 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·
Im not a complete idiot, quite a few parts are missing....
