What you need to know about e-mail spam

I think that almost everyone know what the SPAM is. Every hour millions of users receive globally the milliards of letters, the receipt of which neither makes them happy, and sometimes bears negative consequences. The SPAM contains either the illegal companies advertisement of unnecessary goods (most often, it goes about "wizard" gels or pills for penis or breast enlargement), links for various websites (for their rating increase or as an advertisement) and lot of other things. The SPAM is not unpleasant only, it can be dangerous as well.

Why the SPAM content is dangerous, why numerous mailing services install various filters, and lot of other ways for mass mailing fighting are being developed? The answer is simple: under quite safe site, or even very beautiful postcard the dangerous virus can be hidden. You just follow the link with postcard, and malware is starting to get download to your computer. Why such "surprises" are son dangerous? The computer software failure is the easiest. The spy software taken to you via SPAM gather detailed information and send it to their owner. What consequences it may have? The thief will know all your passwords and accounts. Due to this you will loose all your e-mails, ICQ, MSN, and if you use some electronic payments system - your money will become the SPAMMER "win" as well. By the way all e-mails, stored in your address book, will be overloaded with the megabytes of SPAM. Generally speaking, the SPAM receipt consequences will influence not only you. But all your friends, acquaintances, all you communicate via Internet.

The SPAM fighting methods are quite simple. Here are some rules which may help you to avoid negative consequences. You can install firewall, antivirus with SPAM filters, put to black list each advertising letter, use only well known mailing servers, fighting spam as well. Though, as any problem, it is easier to prevent spam receipt then fight it after. For example, where SPAMMERS get e-mails for mass mailing? Primarily it was mailing servers hacking, which are very well protected now, and it is practically impossible to get access to their data base. You pass your e-mail to the thieves by yourself. By entering various sites requiring registration, placing it on forums, vkontakte, ondoklassniki etc. And spammers simply launch the software harvesting written e-mails. So the SPAM protection rules are quite simple.
— Use protection software (firewall, antivirus)
— Do not open clear advertising letters, do not follow links, sent by unknown people
— Never place your e-mail open at any sites

By following these simple rules you will be securely protected from SPAM receipt and its' consequences