Many of the tips and tools recommended here at SpamStopping.com come from Willmaster.com. Recently I had the privilege of interviewing the master CGI programmer and owner of the company, Will Bontrager. He provided valuable tips on keeping your website secure and your inbox spam-free.
You don’t want to miss it! Read the complete interview here.
I’ve received more “greetings” in the past month than I received in all my years before. Are there spammer conventions where they all get together and decide and agree to innudate us with the same tactic over and over and over again? I suppose the first two or three spammers who tried it got some results. But hopefully the tactic loses it’s effectiveness after the fifth, or tenth, or fiftieth time the same scam heading appears in one’s inbox. My favorite spam filter handles all of this really well, but if you’re wondering how to spot the fakes from the real greetings just watch the video.
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Take McAfee’s quiz to find out whether you’re vulnerable to phising…
http://blog.siteadvisor.com/2007/07/
phish_or_fake_take_our_phishin.shtml
To hide a mailto: link with PHP, make a PHP web page as shown here and then link to it. (Your server must, of course, be able to handle PHP pages.)
Here is the PHP web page:
<?php
header(”Location: mailto:name@example.com”);
?>
<html><body>
<h4>Thank you!</h4>
</body></html>
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It was inevitable… the spammers are overwhelming many blog owners with comment and trackback spam. Some dread opening their blogs because they’re finding hundreds of spam entries, many of them quite distasteful.
Fear not! There is help… very effective help. Read the rest of this entry »
Find out how to keep your computer safe from harmful viruses, worms, spyware, and other malware.
This free ecourse will help you clean up your home computer and keep it clean. You’ll also find out what you need to know about firewalls, phishing, safe downloading, safe instant messaging, protecting your passwords, encrypting and backing up files, and more.
Scanning your computer system to remove any spyware invaders that may be present is a good first step to protecting yourself from potential threats on the Internet; however, it simply is not enough. All too often, spyware components can come back just as easily after they are removed. To provide future protection for your computer system you need a thorough spyware blocker.
Your computer, just like your pets and kids, needs to be immunized against potential threats. Spyware blocker programs are designed to provide that very protection and immunization. Read the rest of this entry »
In today’s world most of us regularly use a computer whether just for simple word processing tasks, sending and receiving emails, an Internet browsing or for more extensive use for business, shopping, or gaming and hobbies.
Unfortunately with this popularity has come an increasing risk from hackers and other people of malicious intent. It seems that not a day goes by without a news item about some new computer virus, trojan or worm intent on wreaking havoc with your computer’s hard drive. Read the rest of this entry »
It doesn’t come as email, but I still consider it spam…. junk mail.
The post office delivers an average of over 500 pieces of junk mail to each U.S. household every year. If you have a good credit rating you probably get even more.
There are steps you can take to reduce the amount of unwanted email you get. The Direct Marketing Association maintains a Mail Preference Service that allows you to opt-out of recieving advertisements and pre-approved credit card offers.
Get complete information for reducing junk mail at:
http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs4-junk.htm#getonlist.
If you want to hire a service to do the paperwork for you, one is available at:
https://www.41pounds.org/
Don’t forget… as an added bonus to reducing all that incoming junk mail is that you’ll be helping to save trees!
Now that many of us have found ways to reduce the spam in our email inboxes, many spammers have taken to spamming our website contact forms.
At first I wondered why someone would bother to spam me through my web forms. Why bother sending the junk to just me? But then I realized, it’s not just the forms on my sites. It’s a spambot that’s automatically surfing sites and filling out every form it encounters.
Here are some tools and techniques to help combat form spam: Read the rest of this entry »