If you are overly concerned about more than 6 people knowing your e-mail address, you can always change it - is it something so special and unique that a slightly different one would make any difference ? Once your spam filter is working as it should, the amount of crap getting to your in box should reduce dramatically.
Occams razor:
..the simplest solution is often the most accurate.
With all of the awareness today of malware, free anti-virus programs, and aggressive email filtering, it would seem that only the careless or ignorant would manage to get their computers infected.
But phishing still seems to be the most popular way to get an infection. Someone gets an e-mail...
Hello all,
I have a virus that dumps phishing emails by the thousand into my inbox. When I go into my email client, usually in the morning or evening (Windows Mail), the normal emails loard, and then, maybe a few moments/minutes later, somewhere around 4,000 phishing emails are dumped in as...
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