 | | | Re: For those of you discussing SPAM and email addresses. | Re: For those of you discussing SPAM and email addresses. 2005-10-01 - By ccoles_avengers
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All good advice and apps. Thanks Ken.
Cheers.
Claudia
"Selocic"
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--- In Carrara@(protected), "Ken Kubos" <kubos@(protected)> wrote:
> SPAM, SPYWARE AND VIRUS PROTECTION
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Newsgroups (aka Usenet) are an important source of active email
addresses
> for spammers. Harvesting Software scans all groups and grabs the
addresses
> of posters. If you post a message on a newsgroup using your real
address,
> you can be sure that you will get spam.
>
> Spammers also use software to search the web for email addresses
posted on
> websites. If you post your email address in plain text on your
website, it
> is only a matter of time before this software finds it.
>
> You can look up "HARVESTING SOFTWARE" on Google:
>
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22HARVESTING
+SOFTWARE%22&btnG=Google+Search
>
> I use the Microsoft Firewall, a ZoneAlarm Firewall
> (http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/home.jsp), AdSubtract Pro
> (http://www.adsubtract.com/) to filter out the Pop-Up's, etc.,
FireTrust Pro
> ( MailWasher Pro ) to rid myself of SPAM (http://www.mailwasher.net/),
> (http://www.firetrust.com/), Norton AntiVirus
(http://www.symantec.com/) and
> Ad-Aware (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/) to stifle all known datamining,
> aggressive advertising, and tracking components. I know use Spybot
- Search
> & Destroy (http://spybot.eon.net.au/) to get bots and remove them and
> Spyware Blaster -
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html. By
> setting a "kill bit" for spyware ActiveX controls, SpywareBlaster can
> prevent the installation of any spyware ActiveX controls from a
webpage.
> The newest SpywareBlaster version can even block spyware/tracking
cookies!
> Most of them update automatically to keep you well ahead of the hackers.
>
> Ken
>
> "Buddhism elucidates why we are sentient."
> "Karma means that you don't get away with anything."
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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