Damn spam in the email...

[BlueDamsel]

You go into your inbox settings - one of the ways is to try & see if there is anything in your "junk mail" folder - if you haven't set that up, it should give you the options there.

[dandaman23]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Damn spam in the email...

Originally posted by BlueDamsel
Are you using hotmail? It should have a spam filter - you should update it so that only messages from known contacts get into your inbox.

Ya, it is hotmail...My mom is paranoid about dowloading anything, in fear that we will get another virus so no one but her can dowload anything...How do you get it?

[BlueDamsel]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Damn spam in the email...

Originally posted by dandaman23
Well maybe not 1000, but about 500 of that in my inbox...I usually have like 3 or 4 pages of that kind of stuff...

Are you using hotmail? It should have a spam filter - you should update it so that only messages from known contacts get into your inbox.

[dandaman23]

Re: Re: Re: Damn spam in the email...

Originally posted by Javalon
Really, you get over 1,000 of those when you check your email? Heh, I'm still just amazed that I never once used that email address and still got super-spammed.

Well maybe not 1000, but about 500 of that in my inbox...I usually have like 3 or 4 pages of that kind of stuff...

[BlueDamsel]

Congrats - I also highly suggest the google toolbar to keep the pesky popups away when surfing...For sites that you trust or don't mind the popups on (like this site - For some reason if I have pop ups turned off, it doesn't tell me when I have a pm) you can make sure that the pop ups stay on....Plus it helps with doing quick searches (I have my settings so that each search opens a new window, so if I need to find something, but don't want to go through the hassle of losing where I am, I can just type what I'm searching for in the google bar)

[muse]

Originally posted by BlueDamsel
Did it work for you?

Yep, most of the stuff's gone. Thanks once again!

[Perry1977]

Jav you should read the terms of agreement from your ISP presented you when you signed up for the account. If there is a clause in there promising to *never* sell your email address to anyone, it's lawsuit time. After all, they made money off of you and every other person they provide internet access for, they might as well pass that on to you for braking terms. I am by no means a lawsuit happy person- in fact I detest most - but I detest dishonest companies and these types of sales tactics more.

[BlueDamsel]

Originally posted by muse
Cheers Blue!

Did it work for you?

[muse]

Originally posted by BlueDamsel
Yes muse - go to http://www.download.com and get SpyBot Search & Destroy (Spybot SD). Install & run it - should get rid of everything.

Cheers Blue!

[BlueDamsel]

Blegh macs...You mac people are just *weird*

[AsianOrange]

Originally posted by BlueDamsel
Yes muse - go to http://www.download.com and get SpyBot Search & Destroy (Spybot SD). Install & run it - should get rid of everything.

That's why i swtiched to OS X because too many spyware apps written for windoze...

talk about bloatware.

[BlueDamsel]

Yes muse - go to http://www.download.com and get SpyBot Search & Destroy (Spybot SD). Install & run it - should get rid of everything.

[Javalon]

Originally posted by muse
the most annyoing things are the spyware and internet hijackers that my sister has managed to get onto the home computer (thank god for my own....). And there are popups ON THE HARD DRIVE which pop up every 2 minutes. Makes we want to scream.

Have you tried Ad-Aware or Spybot (BlueDamsel's recommendation) to get rid of the pop-ups?

[muse]

the most annyoing things are the spyware and internet hijackers that my sister has managed to get onto the home computer (thank god for my own....). And there are popups ON THE HARD DRIVE which pop up every 2 minutes. Makes we want to scream.

[BlueDamsel]

Yeh - I actually use google's & it's great.

The third party popup is probably spyware - get spybot! I'm telling you!