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Pt. 8 of 10 | 3:40 |
Wednesday February 18, 2009
Safe Surfing - beginner's guide
Wednesday February 18, 2009
About 90% of all email is unsolicited. The slang term for this email is "SPAM". SPAM is used to distribute viruses and spyware. Unsuspecting young people are prone to respond to SPAM messages and open the enticing attachments. Using a good SPAM filter will help reduce the problem.
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Quicktime Show Notes
- SPAM filters can come in a variety of forms. Some are installed on your desktop and others are services you can use. Still others are part of the anti-virus and anti-spyware packages you use. Reducing the amount of SPAM you receive will help you stay safer.
- Fight SPAM by using products from companies like McAfee, Symantec, Kapersky, BitDefender, and others. Select a package that includes anti-spam protection.
- You can fight SPAM with a challenge/response system like the one used in ChoiceMail.
- Another option is Zaep which also uses a challenge/response system. These programs challenge any unknown email and make the sender respond. This works well because nearly all SPAM is sent by automated systems that can't respond.
- Cloudmark is another excellent program you can install on your PC to help reduce SPAM.
- Cloudmark puts a button in your email toolbar and you can flag email as SPAM or Not SPAM. Cloudmark is extremely accurate.
- One key thing to remember in dealing with SPAM is that you should never open attachments in any email from a person you don't know.
- Fight SPAM by using products from companies like McAfee, Symantec, Kapersky, BitDefender, and others. Select a package that includes anti-spam protection.
- You can fight SPAM with a challenge/response system like the one used in ChoiceMail.
- Another option is Zaep which also uses a challenge/response system. These programs challenge any unknown email and make the sender respond. This works well because nearly all SPAM is sent by automated systems that can't respond.
- Cloudmark is another excellent program you can install on your PC to help reduce SPAM.
- Cloudmark puts a button in your email toolbar and you can flag email as SPAM or Not SPAM. Cloudmark is extremely accurate.
- One key thing to remember in dealing with SPAM is that you should never open attachments in any email from a person you don't know.
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