Harold,

Are you using Outlook for email? If so, you may need to adjust the security
settings in Outlook.

From Outlook:

Tools | Options

then set secure content to "Restricted Sites" and then verify that all of
settings for executable programs are disabled or se to "Prompt" to prevent
them from running.

It's also a good idea to disable the Preview Pane, set Outlook so that it
only downloads headers and not message bodies and set it so that it does not
automatically acknowledge send receipts.

Note that the above is for Outlook 2002 and that I could be off base on some
of the above. It does seem to work for me, though, and I've been virus free
for several years now.

Hopefully someone will point out a site with a good FAQ or tutorial on
setting Outlook to be as secure as reasonably possible.

Mike

"Harold & Susan Vordos" wrote in message
...
Is anyone besides me getting a spam from Korea which you can't get rid of
it? Twice now I have received one, which, once clicked on to delete,
automatically sends you to a porno web site. Once there, there's no way
to
get rid of it, at least not with my limited experience with computers.
Three times I just turned off the computer then waited while it did a
Scandisk to verify for errors. Out of frustration, I finally deleted
the
Korea folder, which got rid of the email, then remade the Korea folder.
For the past year I've been shuttling the spam from Korea to a folder,
where
I do a bulk delete to simplify getting rid of the unwelcome garbage. It
makes me wonder aloud why I didn't (and now don't) simply send them to the
deleted items file.

Can't speak for anyone else, but I'm about up to my ears with junk mail
and
spam. So far as the phone goes, I no longer answer it. We screen the
calls with a message on our answering machine that tells friends to
identify
themselves, and for solicitors to hang up, that we do not accept calls
from
solicitors. It's surprisingly effective. Only about a half dozen
solicitors have talked to the machine in the past year or so. For the
most part, they comply by hanging up. Still, it's clearly a PIA to have
to
resort to such tactics. Seems we, the law abiding citizens, have given up
all our rights so those that prefer to live outside the law are guaranteed
they collect all of theirs. I clearly do not see how anyone has the
right
to disrupt my privacy, especially in an attempt to sell me aluminum
siding,
for which I have absolutely no need.

At what point will the lawmakers pull their heads out of their asses?

Comments?

Harold