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    How do I discourage spam on my computer?

    Every day, I seem to get more and more spam. I don't open the message but still they keep coming. I always tick the box denying permission to pass on my information, yet still they come. If I am away from home for some time there are many pages of them waiting for me. They have to be trawled through in case I delete something important. Can anyone help/


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    A-V

    0  Views: 528 Answers: 1 Posted: 13 years ago

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    I'm assuming you mean spam in your e-mail. You can mark them as spam, then they get filtered to your spam/junk folder or you can open them and look at the very bottom of the letter in small print section and see if there is an unsubscribe link. Opening an e-mail will not infect your computer if it contains a virus. The virus can only be activated if you click a link in the message body directing you to a website or web form. 



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