topic Re: Spam in Electronics

Spam

Mom2Dogs — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 23:06:26 GMT

I posted before about spam on my Iphone, which has all but stopped, BUT on my macbook air, I get minimum 200 in my spam folder daily. Some of the spam is just normal junk mail but MOST of it is nasty. No I do not open anything, I can read the text on the mainline....

I have checked the apple website and followed direction to curb spam, but it has not helped.

Does anyone have any tips for me?

Re: Spam

PickyPicky3 — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 00:11:49 GMT

I use Outlook for e-mail on my Windows 10 computer and only get 3 or 4 spams in a month. There's a setting for spam filtering strength, and I set it higher than the original setting. I assume there's some way to do that on yours.

I also have used Malwarebytes for about two years. Aside from the very first scan, I never have had anything else show up.

@Mom2Dogs Have you deleted your current e-mail program and downloaded the newest version? I had to do that about 5 years ago when my computer got a Trojan Horse virus.

Re: Spam

Nuttmeg — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 00:23:56 GMT

@Mom2Dogs

Please check your email or internet provider. You maybe to block spam with a filter at the source.

Re: Spam

Mom2Dogs — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 00:45:47 GMT

@PickyPicky3 wrote:
I use Outlook for e-mail on my Windows 10 computer and only get 3 or 4 spams in a month. There's a setting for spam filtering strength, and I set it higher than the original setting. I assume there's some way to do that on yours.

I also have used Malwarebytes for about two years. Aside from the very first scan, I never have had anything else show up.

@Mom2Dogs Have you deleted your current e-mail program and downloaded the newest version? I had to do that about 5 years ago when my computer got a Trojan Horse virus.

@PickyPicky3 I have gmail. I also am not computer savy. If I delete and download newer version (if I can do that) do I keep the same email address?

Re: Spam

PickyPicky3 — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 01:47:17 GMT

@Mom2Dogs You keep the same address with Outlook; I don't know about GMail.

That Trojan Horse virus created fake phishing e-mail messages to me from people on my contact list. E-mail messages that actually sounded like my friends!! I took it to a computer shop that charged me $200, but a few months later it all started again. Deleting the program permanently (never say never) solved the problem.

Malwarebytes is free and I'm glad I'm using it. You may have a virus that constantly communicates with a spam producer.

I'm not computer savvy either, but over the past five years I've stopped being afraid I'll ruin my computer and now am willing to try anything.