How Does a Spam Blocker Work?
Many email providers offer a complimentary spam blocker. A spam blocker is the life vest that saves you from having to sift through hundreds of spam emails daily. This form of anti-spam focuses on directing unsolicited emails toward your spam box and away from your inbox. It is effective about 90% of time, eliminating your risk for opening spam containing viruses and malicious coding that is harmful to your computer.
A spam blocker should not be confused with a spam filter. A spam blocker completely blocks unwanted spam from reaching your inbox, whereas a spam filter simply categorizes spam into folders and leaves you to handle the rest. The spam blocker is better because you do not have to deal with the spam… Continue reading...
Spam Protection – Know Thy Enemy: Viruses and Malware, Trojans and Adware
Spam has increasingly become known for containing malicious software that can actually hurt your personal computer. The entire purpose of these programs is to carry out unauthorized, commonly detrimental, actions. They self install on your computer, infect every program and file that they can. Usually these types of viruses are spread via email. Spammers will disguise them as harmless attachments in the hope that you will download them.
These programs come in many forms, the most common of which are viruses, Trojan horse, malware and adware. Being knowledgeable about their presence and how they work will protect you from this kind of spam.
Viruses
Viruses are computer programs that were designed for one thing: to infect your system and cause major damage… Continue reading...
Virus Defense – Progress in the World of Anti-Virus Software
If an empire such as Microsoft has fallen prey to viruses in the past and had their computer systems compromised, then it only stands to reason that the average person like you and I need to be consistently vigilant towards such a threat.
In days gone by, it was comparatively easy to ensure your computer remained virus free but then again, that was before the internet took the world by storm, and certainly before the popularity of downloadable applications. In essence, viruses in those days had very limited powers as they could only spread by means of floppy disks. As a result, they really had to rely on computer owners downloading data from a floppy disk to their hard drive without scanning the disk… Continue reading...
