computer virus

[SaabLover]

Originally Posted by overlander63

There are a few rerasons you could be getting inordinate amount of spam. Your email address is easily "guessed", you post your email address on forums (spambots troll the 'net for email addresses), you may belong to groups that allow public access to members' email addresses, etc.
A way to avoid the 'bots from getting your email, is when you have to post your email address, you can substitute (at) for @ and space the address out so it isn't a link.

I do try to stay away for "Questionable Sites", and my "Ad-Aware" program does alert me if the site has a bad history. But I am sure that even some of the better sites can be under attack from the spambots. Thanks for the "at" substitution thing. I will try that the next time I am asked for my email.

[Minnie's Mate]

I get the Viagra ads in my Hotmail account but not in my primary "personal" account that I have with my DSL provider. I think Viagra lands in just about every bodies' email box from time to time. Fortunately, it goes straight to my junk mail box and I don't have to deal with it except when I clean the box out. I figure they have some kind of program that randomly assembles letters to make email addresses.