subject: How To Get Extra Protection When Opening Spam Mails [print this page] Always remember to check and open the mails only when you know the source or it is from a reliable source. If you open all kinds of junk emails, you could become a target of Email Spamming and end up loosing your hard disk as well as the computer.
Opening unknown sender's mail and clicking on the link given there in, or downloading the attachment and executing the exe file is like lighting a bomb and placing it on your system. You are openly inviting spy ware and viruses to take control of your system.
By using free email protection software, you can prevent such Spam mails from reaching your inbox.
Downloading Spam filters and various options with the software is very easy and it takes only a few minutes to download and install in your computer from the Internet. However, before you do this, consider several factors that have a bearing here.
If you have selected software for download, we presume that you have checked out the effectiveness and the feedback on the same besides the technical features and requirements etc. It is always better and important to check out the reviews about the particular software from the people who have used it. The main point that one needs to check out and make sure is that the software is effective in detecting and blocking viruses.
Quite a few good soft wares are effective and block the Spam mails from reaching your inbox. But then there are other issues with the software, which can cause a few troubles for you as well.
The filters in the software most often end up looking at every mail as a possible junk and filter them out. There are chances that some genuine and important mail gets left out and does not reach you. In such cases it may impact your business. You will neither have the time nor patience to go through each of the junk mails, though they are stored separately and check out.
All said and done, it is advisable for you to once in a way glance through the junk folder and check out those mails that do not look like junk and transfer them to your inbox. Then you can read those mails along with your daily mail without an extra effort.
Or when you download the software, choose one such program that allows you to determine the level of security or filtering required. You should be able to enable the filters manually. This is one time job, once installed then the software will check each and every email and safeguard your system against spamming.
