Re: SPAM, was Re: [OM] Lots of OM Gear FS

[Jeff Keller]

The spyware can actually try on its own to connect to the internet to send
info. My daughter's computer picked up some nasty stuff put out by Gator
that would continually try to establish an internet connection .. no
broadband connection, it would try to dial up. I strongly recommend spybot !
It was reviewed by PC Mag about six months ago.
http://www.safer-networking.org/

If you use Outlook Express turn off the preview pain. Delete all of the
messages whose headers look like SPAM before reading any messages in that
folder. It doesn't bounce the email back to the sender like Mail Washer can.
Your ISP is probably already filtering a lot of SPAM. I changed my domain
host to one that doesn't do as much (if any) filtering and found a 10 times
increase in the amount of SPAM. Don't expect any software to eliminate all
of the SPAM sent your way.

-jeff

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>


> Spybot doesn't keep out spam.  It helps remove spyware that gets planted
on
> your computer when you travel the internet. Spyware secretly notifies
other
> parties of your surfing habits.  Nobody likes that! You can either do an
> internet search for "Spybot Search and Destroy" or type in www.spybot.com.
> A link should come up for it.
>
>  To keep out spam I suggest www.mailwasher.net

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