Steps to Stop Spam

Internet marketing is the only option for the entrepreneurs who want to make quick money. Here, marketing is very easy as you can reach a customer who is staying abroad. While internet marketing is doing well on one side, there are some spammers who collect the details of many users and send frequent spam emails. Here in this article you will learn about spam and the steps to prevent it.

What are spam mails?

You could have received mails from unknown person for marketing products or you could have got the mail from an unknown person from Nigeria that he wants to deposit money in your account. All these are spam emails and according to the cyber law the person who sends all these spam mails is punishable.

Clicking the spam emails is dangerous, as it may steal your personal details including social security number, license number etc. Clicking these unknown mails sometime forcibly download malicious software in your computer. So, all your activities are tracked through this spam mail.

How to stop spam mails?

* Do not open the spam or junk mail. The intelligent way to get rid of spam mails is ignoring and deleting it.

* If you are using internet for various purposes, then you should use different mail ids. For example, you can use one email id for online shopping and a different one for your business use. Whenever you transact money through internet, leave message that your e-mail id should not be sold.

* You can use spam filters to get rid of these junk mails. Most of the service providers have this facility; hence automatically the spam mails will be filtered and marked. Yahoo, Gmail and Hotmail offers spam filters.

* You can easily figure out the junk mails by looking at the time sent. Most of the spam mails are received between 12 a.m. and 4 a.m. So, when you come across such mails, just delete it without clicking it.

* Do not post your e-mail address in any of the public forum sites. It is believed that 95% of the personal details theft takes place in these sites.

* You can get rid of frequently disturbing pop up messages by installing anti spam software in your server.

* Scan your system weekly once for spyware and adware. These are the agents that sell your e-mail id to other parties.

It is very tough to stop the spam mail falling into your account. The best way to stop spam mails is using two mail ids for personal and business purposes.

By: Dhruv Patel

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