Youve got mail!!!
For far too many people this little canned voice is nothing but a harbinger of bad things to come. If your system has been targeted by one of the hundreds of email scammers proliferating the Internet, your headaches have just begun.
Should a hacker invade your inbox with a virulent email, you will have to take immediate and aggressive action. Often this results in ultimate frustration, not to mention time gobbling effort.
The wisest thing one can do to protect their email from malicious attack is to install email filters that work tirelessly in the background to protect your system and its content.
In addition to installing email filters, you can give yourself a modicum of security by adhering to the following:
Spammers like to send innocent looking emails with Remove in the subject line. Unless you are confident of whom the email is from, you should NEVER reply to its sender by clicking on the remove link. Even though the body of this mail may contain detailed instructions outlining the procedure to remove your address from their mailing list, dont be fooled. Spammers like to include these links so users will think the offer...