Tech Tips are always welcome here.  I use Ad Aware and find it to be a great program.  Thanks for sharing and I hope you'll continue this as a regular service. 

Brad -- I featured this because I thought it was well written and gave some great information on how to deal with SPAM in outlook!  Congratulations!

Brad thank you for sharing these tips, this type of information is alway welcomed.

Thanks for helping filter out spam.  I have used these programs and find them very effective.

Thanks for the info.  I try to minimize my use of any Microsoft program wherever possible as as such I seem to get less junk sent my way.  I also use Adaware and AVG anti-spyware.  Adaware runs quicker but AVG seems to be more thorough at finding and removing spyware. I'll be happy when and if the NWMLS is expanded to work with Firefox and Linux.  I don't know if they are harder to write viruses for or if no one has a grudge against them.

This is an awesome tip! You can also use "Organize" to automatically filter regular spam you get to go directly to the trash can, never have to see it cluttering your inbox up anymore.

Thanks Brad...anything we can do to optimize our computers is a winner!  I am so tired of spam email and all the viagra & nigerian scams!  Have a great week.

Great tip! I love hearing advice from techies!

I would also suggest a firewall program that is intuitive. I use Zone Alarm's free firewall, and it learns from the choices you make as to whether or not to allow certain programs to access internet or privileged resources. This will prevent a lot of spyware from ever making it onto your computer. Another program I use is the tried and true Spybot S & D which includes a little program called the Tea Timer that will protect certain system settings. This also helps to disallow malicious programs from gaining access to your privileged resources.  After installing those two programs I have noticed a significant decline in the number of spyware/adware I have to remove on a weekly basis. This not only means that I incur less spam, but I also surf safer and faster, and that my data and my client's data remains safe from the scrupulous entities out there. 

More Outlook Settings

With Outlook 2003 and newer you have the capability of right clicking on a message and telling Outlook whether to:

• Add Sender to blocked sender list
• Add Sender to Safe Sender List
• Add Sender Domain To Safe Sender List
• Add Recipient to Safe Sender List

Furthermore there are additional options you can apply to junk email to filter it out if you right click a message and go to  the Junk Email bar, you will see advanced options at the bottom which allows you to tell Outlook how aggressive to be in filtering out spam. You can drastically reduce your spam you receive with this setting.  I have found that if you have your mail provided by one of the major ISP's such as GMAIL Yahoo, MSN, AOL, that there are spam filtering settings and typically a threshold to adjust and further reduce the amount of spam that ever enters your Outlook program. It's all a balance of filtering without removing the content you want to allow. You could always add people to a safe sender's list to ensure that their messages always make it through unfiltered. This is senn in the Junk email option above.

Good luck filtering out Spam. This is a huge challenge we all face and must fight efficiently in order to save as much time as possible. 

Brad-  Good tips.  I didn't know about Microsoft preview pane.  I have been receiving mail from senders who I do not trust and this should fix my problem.  Thanks

Thanks for the tips. I've dabbled with those things, but I still don't understand how certain companies can always make it into you good file even when you have added them to the junk file. 

Brad,  Thanks for the "heads up" on these and other items.  Keep the tips coming.

Thanks for the tips, Brad. I use Ad Aware as well and am pleased with the results. Feel free to share other tips - they are always appreciated.

Jeff

Brad, I went into high gear with the advanced options, thank you for the tips.  Spam has been a major concern of mine as it just sets me off when I receive them.

This post has been so helpful!  I just started using Outlook again after a number of years with AOL..

Brad,

Thanks for the post. I can concur. These programs help to eliminate spywares and trojans that can slow down your system's response time.

Wow, you guys really liked this one. Thanks for all the kind words, anything I can do to help out my fellow AR members. Lot's more tips and great info ahead....great success to each of you. Thanks for your comments.

People in hawaii love spam, they even have spam sushi!!!!

You want some cookies with that spam? LOL...

turn oiff auto preview

turn off auto preview!!!!!!!

LOL... hard to explain to some people....

Wonder what the next version of Microsoft Outlook will look like to work with Windows Vista? I'm sure it will be a whole new look and feel.

Brad, good info I have had adaware for a few years now and it seems to help stop all those pop-ups

I have used AdAware since it came out a few years back. Microsoft was actually reccommending it as a data-minor finder. I was real pleased with it's performance and ability to help with pop-ups! It's a great tool and I think the download is still free. Thanks for the response Robert.