Spam emails

[DivaDebs]

I suppose I am not alone in receiving approx 60 spam emails per day. They have stupid, non-sensical titles like "reimbursement quesy", and are quite obviously rubbish. My question is - what is the point of them? Are they all just viruses in the attachments? How can I stop them. They are an utter waste of time!

Thanks!

[Everhelpful]

Go to message bar and Block Sender.

[DivaDebs]

I wish it were that easy... They all come from totally different addresses.

[Everhelpful]

Unfortunately you must do each one separately.

[sarah_louise]

They are not only from different addresses but not even addressed to me but I still get this sort of thing about 20 a day for USA stock market or prescription drugs.
Yes what is the point of them ?

[DivaDebs]

I can't change my email addresses unfortunately, as I run a business. This is why I get so many.

But please - yes - what is the point of them?

Are they all viruses?

What have the senders to gain from them?

[poinsy]

Most are not viruses themselves, they simply serve to hog bandwidth and advertise something. However, up to 80% are sent from unprotected (no anti-virus software) PCs. It is not usually possible to block the Sender as the addresses are spoofed.

But, the good news is there are some excellent free spam-blockers available. Look at this and you should remove 90% of your spam problem:

http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-antispam. htm

Paul

[DivaDebs]

Thanks so much Paul! MOST helpful!