spam e-mails

Di

i am so not techie but get by. i have avg, adaware, zone alarm and microsoft protection. the last month though i have been getting annoying e-mails that look like they are selling shares or some such. coloured writing and first names as sender, always different. i had a problem with viagra shots a while back (who hasnt?) but they stopped pretty quickly as i deleted without opening them, but these are getting worse.

question is, how do i stop them? right clicked some in the delete bin for address, all different. tried 'help' but not very savvie as i said earlier.

help would be much appreciated

Rikki

I've just started getting those and I just delete unopened too. :mad:

I'm interesed too in how to stop them.

chaletmaid

I am having the same problem and like you its getting worse ! I have found that if you are using Outlook express click on the message tab on the top tool bar and there is an option to 'block sender'. Unfortunately you have to click on the email to do this but surely at some stage it must stop them !!!! I wonder where they get our e mail addresses from as like you I have plenty of virus protection ! Hope this is of some use.

Di

thanks for that chaletmaid. at the bottom it says no incoming virus so not too worried about having to open it to block. unfortunately oh now on pc playing poker and me on laptop, so cant check out what you suggested!!!

esuhl

I looked for a good spam filter for ages. After years of never receiving any spam, I'm suddenly being plagued by it.

I can definately recommend Spambayes. If you use Outlook as your email client it's really easy to set up, otherwise you'll need to read the details on their website: http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/

woo

have a look at https://www.mailwasher.net too, that is pretty good

Di

just had a quick look at that site esuhl and i think i'll look at it again when i'm not so tired (and emotional)

just looked on pc as oh hadnt started his game and saw the blocker chaletmaid. will try that for when i get sent spams from one sender, these b&*%ers are different every time

BTW, emoticons dont seem to work :-(

Di

thanks esuhl and woo. how have they got through after all this time, thats what i want to know?

woo

your email address could have picked up from a mailing list, a friend with a virus ... so many ways spammers could have got hold of your email address. even pure guess work.
spam seems to be a fact of life these days..

wadewade

Spam senders seem to be getting more sophisticated. I keep getting offers to buy american shares but they contain lots of ordinary words to fool the detectors and come from a different address each time so blocking is ineffective. And they avoid my anti-spam software because they must look like ordinary emails.

Can anything be done to prevent these without losing genuine emails at the same time?

gkf

I go into the properties of the email, copy the info, and forward the email to abuse@orange.co.uk as I am with orange broadband. It generally stops within a couple of days.