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Ward:

--- Quote ---hi ward,
i just read your post reply. thanks bunches for the info.  some of it i was aware of, most of it i wasn't aware of.  we never used to get any sexually explicit emails until after my husband starting going into porn sites.  the sex emails come into our personal incredimail acct now but i never open them.  my husband did open them in the past, but says now he just deletes them. i used to just delete them, then after our computer got so full of viruses and i had to take it in to have it cleaned up, i started blocking any sexually implicit emails opting also to bounce them and automatically delete them.  the "geek squad" included new virus protection software and spy sweeper software.  i guess i just don't understand why we still keep getting them.  i have a personal yahoo email acct and no sexually implicit emails come to that acct.  it is just frustrating to me, especially because the subject line showing on the email notices are getting more and more lewd.  i just want to delete the whole incredimail acct altogether. thank you again ward for taking the time to educate me on these things, and for caring enough to write it all out.

sincerely,
claudia

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Claudia:
You are very welcome... 
I did some looking into 'incredimail'...  There are alot of users that have posted about their dissatisfaction with the amount of spam they receive using this.  Now the yahoo account you have is bound to do alot better.  Those kinds of services have too many users to not put too much effort into stopping spam.  They probably have some of the best spam filters in the world and have whole teams of people dedicated to stopping future stuff.  The spammers are aware of this and probably don't bother to try hitting yahoo.com, hotmail.com, gmail.com, etc.

Your comment about taking your PC in due to virus infection etc. caught my eye.  Just in case, I'm not making any negative comments about GeekSquad.  They are fine... But in the future here's an option that you might want to consider:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/

They are one of many sites that I have found that will help you thru virus, worm, malware, and adware removal.  And its all FREE!  Its really just a forum, looks similar to Bible-Truths forum.  The people that help there are basically the same as the people that create virii and malware.  Just from the other direction.  They enjoy killing the hacker's work.  One of the areas is called 'Am I infected? What do I do?' If you create an account, FREE, you can post there.  And very quickly someone will be dedicated to helping you.  Its a one-on-one thing.  They will walk you thru and answer just about any question.  You will receive very specific instructions that are specific to you and the log files that they will help you create.  The faster you respond to each instruction set, the faster they respond.  I've watched many users come in that forum completely infected and come out clean as a whistle.  They will also point out very good programs (usually free also) and settings to keep you clean in the future. 

The people that help you have gone thru an online course of instruction on this. Its long and hard.  I have just started that course myself.  I have been a computer professional since the early 80's and responsible for this type of work.  But these people leave me in the dust.

Maybe this can help you or someone else here in the future. 

\/\/ard

gmik:
Thanks Ward for the advice! I will save that link.

I used to have Incredimail, and I have since ditched it.  I don't get any spam on yahoo.

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