Re: [APML] OT: spam blocking software

[Philip Perkins <philip@astrocruise.com>]

I'm grateful for this info too.  Up till now I have been trying to get 
spammers shut down by complaining to their ISP but it is a time consuming 
and never ending process - as soon as one site gets shut down they start 
again on another.  At times my mail account has become almost inoperable 
because it has been deluged with so much junk - much of it offensive 
too.  One tip I can give is to NEVER respond to any spam, not even to 
"unsubscribe" - they just use this as a means of confirming that your mail 
ID is valid, and the spam will increase.

A lot of worms and other nasty stuff can get onto your computer by remote 
connection across the internet - you don't have to download anything - many 
computers have worms running without their owners knowing - they scan a 
wide range of IP addresses and attack anything that responds, then transfer 
the worm to your computer.  The way round this is to use a firewall.  This 
one is particularly good and is free:  http://www.agnitum.com/products/outpost/
After installing this I was amazed to see how many times my computer gets 
attacked - every 5 minutes on average.  This software also blocks unwanted 
ads (like ad-muncher) and puts a .safe extension on any suspicious attachments.

It's a good thing to check regularly what is actually running on your 
computer - shut down all active applications and click on System 
Information -> Software Environment -> Running Tasks.   This will reveal 
any nasty stuff running in 'stealth' mode in the background.

Sorry for the long OT..
--Philip


At 12:27 05/05/03 -0500, you wrote:
>Thank you very much Tony and others who responded. I'll give it a search.
>Bobby M
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tony Nelson" <anelson1@elp.rr.com>
>
>
> > I use MailWasher, which is freeware.  It has options to bounce, blacklist
> > or delete mail while it is still on the server.  A google search should
>find
> > the DL site for it.
> >
> > -Tony
> > -------Original Message-------
> >  You guys have any suggestions for good spam blocking software? It's past
> > totally ridiculous.
> > Bobby Middleton
> >


Philip Perkins - philip@astrocruise.com
Wiltshire UK & Luberon France
Astrocruise - http://www.astrocruise.com

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