Ever since I registered on DU and clicked on all these links I have been getting e-mails evidently with pornographic content. I have never opened one but I really would like to get rid of them altogether. What could I do?
Erm - I'm quite dumb when it comes to computers so please phrase any answers accordingly :)
Bulk mail is filled with all kinds of stuff like that. I'm a woman but they ask me- Wouldn't I like penis enlargement to please my partner in bed tonight!? (I don't think he'd be pleased if I had any penis, let alone one possibly larger than his!) It's quite satisfying to delete 900+ bulk mail items at once!
They (spammers) have spiders that look on the Internets for posted addresses to spam. So if you posted your e-mail in a post it could have been grabbed that way.
How I avoid spam:
1: Never post your e-mail in a discussion forum. 2: Use a fake hotmail or gmail account to register with forums. Porn sites too. 3: Just never give out your real e-mail to people you don't know. 4: Never unsubscribe from SPAM. That way they know they have real address.
I have had my gmail account with no SPAM for about six months. And I have six invites if you want one. Send a PM
I have a PC and I don't get any spam and I click on all sorts of links here at DU. I only send out my e-mail adress to people I know and to organizations that I want to receive e-mail from that agree to keep that information private. I have yet to get one spam mail and I've had the computer for a year and a half.
However, I do get spyware from the links I click here at DU sometimes. I have Spyblaster, Spybot and Ad-Aware for that.
No, I didn't think it comes from DU - but from one of the links I clicked. So there seems to be no possibility to get rid of that Spam I already have *sigh* It is only this one thing though - every two days one mail with pornographic content.
- Oh, I'm living in the Frankfurt area. Freundliche Grüße zurück :) - and happy holidays everybody!
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