How often do you run your anti virus?

superscaper

peter_the_piper wrote: »

Just a thought but have you noticed that the amount of spam etc goes down at the weekends? Does this therefore mean that more commercial computers are drones than domestic? Should the commercial sector do more?

Are you sure that's the same for everyone? I don't know because I don't get any spam to my main email addresses, they don't have spam filters either.

peter_the_piper

No, that's why I was asking. I find I get a smaller amount from a gmail addy than I get from my main one. Probably originally my own fault as I started using it before google and yahoo etc mails became popular.

superscaper

peter_the_piper wrote: »

No, that's why I was asking. I find I get a smaller amount from a gmail addy than I get from my main one. Probably originally my own fault as I started using it before google and yahoo etc mails became popular.

Giving a unique email address to every company is what reduced my spam to zero.

inamabilis

Cat695 wrote: »

and if someone goes on about a bloody firewall then ignore it because a firewall is no good when YOU allow the download (ie trojan is attached to that download)

Hate to drag this thread [almost] back on topic, but I just wanted to dispute this.
Whilst it's correct to say that a firewall wont help prevent a trojan from initially getting on to a computer if the user clicks through and allows it, it will however alert the user when that application tries to 'talk' to something outside of the computer and it will prevent the hacker from connecting to the trojan.
A lot of firewalls will also prevent the trojan from accessing certain critical parts of the operating system.
All in all a firewall is definitely something you should have installed on your computer.