I keep receiving emails (sometimes twenty a day) from American pharmacutical companies offering me all sorts of stuff (I have never been on sites like this before). I block the domain every time but they just get through from another domain. They are to my work email address so could cause me problems if I don't sort it out. Any ideas?
2006-10-04 03:47:53 · 9 answers · asked by Janbull 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
same here- but my computer has a bulk option and a trash option. When I first used my computer, the bulk option was set to one month, this meant that anything it did not recognise, it automatically stored and deleted after one month. I was then pestered by pornographic e -mails, which as I recognised, were a bit fishy, I never opened them so they accumulated to around , after which my computer literate son adjusted the bulk option to immediate delete, and I'm no longer bothered with them. Hope this helps- but whatever you do , don't open them, as they maybe carrying a virus, or viruses, or gathering illicit info' about you and / or your your personal details. Above all, do tell your work colleagues and your boss. Hope this helps Yours demented and confused!
2006-10-04 04:15:26 · answer #1 · answered by confused and demented 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your employer needs to install an anti-spam solution. It's not your fault that you're getting this junk. Don't bother blocking the source domain or e-mail addresses. Those are always spoofed and you could actually wind up blocking legitimate e-mails.
2006-10-04 03:54:25 · answer #2 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Worth talking to your IT Support staff. If you can log on to another machine and check to see if they appear when you first log in, in case its spyware, malware etc. My firm had an increase after a company name change and the IT dept had to alter the spam filters quite a bit.
In outlook set up a rule to redirect any common ones to the junk mail list whilst your IT team looks into it.
2006-10-04 05:07:27 · answer #3 · answered by persistentd 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, chances are your company's domain name was farmed from somewhere on the Internet, so everyone is probably receiving these, not just you. Talk to your IT department, they can look into spam-filtering solutions for your mail server.
2006-10-04 04:07:11 · answer #4 · answered by C-Man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use Thunderbird for your email it has a good spam blocking feature that learns what to block based on what you list as junk.
2006-10-04 18:22:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Talk to your company IT dept they should have some kind of mail filtering in place, they may have to turn it up to be a bit more aggressive
2006-10-04 03:50:26 · answer #6 · answered by Dark_Mushroom 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
check if anyone else at work is recieving them, then go the guys in the IT dept and tell them to reset your server or redirect the emails
2006-10-04 03:56:08 · answer #7 · answered by Jamieson 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spyware
Spyware is a common problem and will affect all computers if your computer is not protected.
Read this forum which details how to use various anti spyware tools, instructions on how to set them up and even provides support if you have anymore questions.
General Spyware advice:
http://www.phx-web.co.uk/forum/index.php?board=8.0
Spybot:
http://www.phx-web.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=21.0
Windows Defender:
http://www.phx-web.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=78.0
HijackThis!:
http://www.phx-web.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=57.0
2006-10-04 04:34:04 · answer #8 · answered by pringle147963 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree that your IT dept should be able to correct this for you ... is there any reason why you haven't told them about it?
2006-10-04 04:16:10 · answer #9 · answered by chicofrico 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋