Best Internet Security – Fighting Spam
I know I don’t speak for myself when i say that I’m sick and tired of receiving junk mail, spam or by any other name you want to call it. The marketers are out of control compared to earlier years in regards to all the spam they can send to you. Many of the best internet security programs can catch 95% or better, but it’s the other 5% that can drive you up the wall.
In 2003 President Bush signed the “can Spam” bill and the Senate approved it by a vote of 97-0. The bill prohibits senders of unsolicited commercial e-mail from using false return addresses to disguise their identity (spoofing) and the use of dictionaries to generate such mailers. In addition, it prohibits the use of misleading subject lines and requires that emails include and opt-out mechanism.
This is all well and good, but there are always people who like to “bend” the rules to where no matter what law is in place, you still don’t get any satisfaction. I get so many unsolicited e-mails that are all considered junk that it’s not even funny.
The problem is that these e-mails are now coming from other countries, and they don’t have to follow the laws of the united States. Because the Internet opens borders and thinks globally, these laws are fine and good, but do not stop the problem.
So what can you do to stop this unwanted assault on your inbox? Here are 5 guidelines to follow to help protect from spam
Number 1: Do what you can to avoid having your email address out on the net.
Watch out for spam spiders. spam spiders search the internet for e-mail addresses to e-mail junk to. Check out a web site called WebPoison.org, a site that is an open source project geared to fight the spambots and spam spiders.
There are also other programs that encode your e-mail address, making it harder for the bots and spiders to read your e-mail address.
Number 2: Get spam blocking software.
There are so many programs out there to help you with this issue. Even though some of the software is not foolproof, it does control most of the junk from getting in your inbox.
Number 3: Use the multiple email address approach.
This is something that I do and it’s one of the first things someone should do when starting out on the internet. Yahoo, Gmail and Hotmail are just three of the many free e-mail providers that you can get an e-mail account from. If you’re going to subscribe to a newsletter, use your “backup” e-mail account to avoid having the e-mails showing up in your personal account.
Number 4: Attachments from people you don’t know are BAD, BAD, BAD.
Don’t open an e-mail that has been forwarded from someone you don’t know. Don’t even open any attachments either since they can contain a viruses. Being a company network is one thing since they typically block those e-mails, but your personal e-mail is a whole different story.
Number 5: Email services now have “bulk-mail” baskets.
If the provider you’re using doesn’t support this then you might want to think about moving to someone else. this option allows you to put the e-mails from people you don’t know into a “bulk” pile and then choose to let them into your circle.
I hope these guidelines help you from becoming a victim of spammers and others like them.
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It seems that everyone is on the internet now. Ten years ago it was a relatively a new concept, but it’s now become an everyday thing that people do. The average family has more than one computer and/or laptop in their home. It’s important now more than ever to have the best internet security to protect our personal information as well as reducing the amount of spam and junk mail that could possibly install viruses on our systems.
Unfortunately, there are so many different types of security programs that we can download on to our computers. How do we know which program to use? Each one of them are good in their own way, but to know which one you need is up to you.
One of the oldest security programs that most know about is Norton security program. I’ve used it and I think it works just great. If you’re using this program, you’re pretty much in good hands.
What about McAfee Security Program? Well, I started using this program about two years ago when I bought a laptop and it was installed on it already. I found it to be just as good as Norton in protecting the computer from the outside world. What I found different was the fact that it’s security center was a lot easier to navigate through. Overall the two programs are just as good as the other.
If you want to know which program to use to protect your computer, I would say that any one of the two that I spoke about is good to go with, but there are some others out there that will work just as well. It’s a matter of personal preference in regards of which one will give you the best internet security. The reason I talked about Norton and McAfee is because they are the leaders when it comes to protecting your personal computer or laptop.
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