Page 2: Spam, Links, Conclusion
<B>Spam</B>:
Spam is more of a nuisance than a secruity risk, but it's still something we all want to minimize. I get nearly 200 emails of spam a day, and I know many people get much more than I do. There are programs you can buy that take care of the spam, but nothing I've seen works nearly as well as Spambayes (http://spambayes.sf.net). It is a bayesian spam filter with built-in learning and training. After I've set it up, nearly all my spam was gone, with no false positives that I've seen so far.
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Spambayes can integrate into Outlook or sit between any POP3 email program and your server to filter the spam out. I've been using this for about a month now and it has been a breeze to use.
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By now, I've "trained" Spambayes to detect almost double the amount of spam. Over time it learns the difference between spam and "ham" (legitimate email) on it's own as well. All in all, it's a great plug-in or standalone program that you should be using. It is free, after all.
<B>Links</B>:
<B>Virus stuff</B>:
AVG: http://www.grisoft.com
Norton: http://www.symantec.com
McAfee: http://www.mcafee.com
<B>Spyware Stuff</B>:
Adaware: http://www.lavasoftusa.com
Spybot: http://www.safer-networking.org
<B>Spam</B>:
Spambayes: http://spambayes.sf.net
<B>Conclusion</B>:
This wasn't meant to be the definitive guide for safer computing, but it should serve as a good beginner's guide. By being more informed about your computer and it's fallacies, and by using the programs that I've outlined, you should at least have more peace of mind while browsing the internet, reading emails, and the like. Your computer is a great tool to have - treat it right and keep it as safe and secure as possible.
RudeMoody contributed to this guide.
Spam is more of a nuisance than a secruity risk, but it's still something we all want to minimize. I get nearly 200 emails of spam a day, and I know many people get much more than I do. There are programs you can buy that take care of the spam, but nothing I've seen works nearly as well as Spambayes (http://spambayes.sf.net). It is a bayesian spam filter with built-in learning and training. After I've set it up, nearly all my spam was gone, with no false positives that I've seen so far.
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</center>Spambayes can integrate into Outlook or sit between any POP3 email program and your server to filter the spam out. I've been using this for about a month now and it has been a breeze to use.
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</center>By now, I've "trained" Spambayes to detect almost double the amount of spam. Over time it learns the difference between spam and "ham" (legitimate email) on it's own as well. All in all, it's a great plug-in or standalone program that you should be using. It is free, after all.
<B>Links</B>:
<B>Virus stuff</B>:
AVG: http://www.grisoft.com
Norton: http://www.symantec.com
McAfee: http://www.mcafee.com
<B>Spyware Stuff</B>:
Adaware: http://www.lavasoftusa.com
Spybot: http://www.safer-networking.org
<B>Spam</B>:
Spambayes: http://spambayes.sf.net
<B>Conclusion</B>:
This wasn't meant to be the definitive guide for safer computing, but it should serve as a good beginner's guide. By being more informed about your computer and it's fallacies, and by using the programs that I've outlined, you should at least have more peace of mind while browsing the internet, reading emails, and the like. Your computer is a great tool to have - treat it right and keep it as safe and secure as possible.
RudeMoody contributed to this guide.