A few tips against SPAM!

So, what can we do to protect ourselves and help turn the tables in the fight against spam? First, it’s critical that computer users protect their desktop and, if possible, their Internet gateway against spam using an up-to-date antivirus, firewall, and spam filter. Second, users should not click on any email that appears to be spam, nor should a reply be sent to any email that is spam. Doing so could alert the spammer(s) that the user is replying from a legitimate email address (therefore, the spammer would find it worth the time to send more spam in the direction of that Inbox). Last, but not least, users should never click on any link in a suspicious email. If it is felt that the sender is legitimate, users should contact the sender directly (not by email) to ensure the email message is also legitimate. I know that even these small tips will not be enough but at least they will be a help to reduce the SPAM problem in general. 90 % of all email at this moment seems to be SPAM ... it's really bad this time but it seems to be logical as it is nearly the end of the year...