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Expert: Keith Davis - 9/26/2008
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Hi I have been receiving different emails from different people even though the emails start differently they all have coolquizgamesnews.com as the ending for their email address. I downloaded Lavasoft adaware and the 3 trackers were removed. However I went back on Facebook and Neopets today and the emails from this particular site have started again. Is there a way I can permantly stop any email ending with coolquizgamesnews.com? I would appreciate this so much as it is beyond annoying and when the trackers are back onto my emails I have to refresh my pages a lot on different sites I go to and my computer slows down until I remove them again and again with Adaware. Have a nice day and I eagerly await your answer
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What email client are you using?
Along with answering this question for me try my internet security plan.
The following is what I do for computer security:
I use 3 different programs and have been virus, spyware, and hack-free for close to 6 years.
Believe it or not all of these programs are free and are rated higher than programs you pay for.
Anti-virus- AVG Free Edition www.grisoft.com
Firewall- ZoneAlarm www.filehippo.com/download_zonealarm_free/
Make sure you disable Windows Firewall (it is worthless anyway) because they don't work well together. Don't get aggravated with the program. At first it will really bug you because it will be popping up a lot. When it pops up read what is trying to access the internet. If it is a trusted program click the check box "remember this" and click allow. After a short while you will get it set where it only alerts you to things that should not be accessing the internet.
Anti-spyware- Spybot Search and Destroy- www.filehippo.com/download_spybot_search_destroy/
Download, install, update, then run a scan and remove all spyware that is found.
Setup the program like this: Go to "mode" (top left of page) and click "advanced". At the bottom left you will see "tools". Expand tools and click "hosts file", then click "add Spybot S and D hosts list"
A little more safe internet advice:
1. I don't use Internet Explorer. It is not as secure as other browsers. I use Mozilla Firefox. It is faster and very secure.
2. I don't use Outlook email. I use web based email like yahoo or hotmail. Outlook actually loads email on your PC. Web based email stays on a server and you just view it from you PC.
3. Only download free software from trusted sources. There are very few that I trust. Trusted: www.filehippo.com, www.majorgeeks.com, www.snapfiles.com
I hope this helps you out. Let me know if I can help you further.
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