Fight against spam is getting out of hand.

[twinscythe12332]

I guess it's inevitable that once a particular site/ email becomes busy enough, it attracts attention. my personal email receives 2-3 spam messages a month, and those I signed up for (imagine gateway, some software maker, etc). I wouldn't consider my usage to be big (about 2% of the 5GB mailbox :P since 20-something), but then again, I know people who use their mail to contact family only and get spam.

anywho, I use hotmail, it's awesome.

[garthu]

download WP spamfree it works great on my blog.

Thanks Ian, nice easy plugin, no hassles. Doesnt conflict with Defensio either so between the 2... it's gotta be a winner!!

[insulin]

A programmer friend showed me how your email gets jackpotted. Or that is what he called it. What it is is a program that uses names, surnames and random numbers. Now you will think it is ineffective right. You be wrong he showed me on his intranet how easy it got 20 hits in only 10 minutes. So get creative with your e-mail addresses. I have a Gmail account and I don’t get spam because my email address is creative enough that the program will not figure it out. It works...

[twinscythe12332]

oh right so if you've got something that hits your name like joe.blogs@gmail.com, it'll be able to find you. but if you're epsilon5delta9er@gmail.com, no luck.

[Yvonne]

Any chance the forum is being "used" to pass on scam?

I am experiencing problems frequently when I am in the forum.

Apologies I know almost nothing about IT.

I do have the latest version of bitdefender, and also have the forum site as "Safe" pop-ups permitted, otherwise I cannot open posts.
Frequently when I try to open a post my computer gives me a message saying a problem has occured and needs to shut down.

Does anyone else experience anything similar?

Thanks
Yvonne

[Dave A]

Any chance the forum is being "used" to pass on scam?

I am experiencing problems frequently when I am in the forum.

Anyone else experiencing problems using the forum?

[IanF]

Anyone else experiencing problems using the forum?

None from my side.

[Dave A]

Are you using Firefox or Internet Explorer, Yvonne?

[twinscythe12332]

um 0_0 that's hectic. I can understand if it's internet explorer and it crashes, but not if it expects you to shut down...

I've used bitdefender before... was not impressed.
please go to help, About Internet Explorer in the top bar (where files, etc resides) and check that number. If it is version 6.something, or 7, please download the latest version (8) here Most sites are stopping support for ie 6, so if you're on it, may be why.

otherwise, if you're on 8, try putting the site into "compatibility view." might help you get around a bit easier.

otherwise I'd suggest using another virus scanner as a check (avast , AVG)