Consider using an Internet service provider or email service that includes spam filtering as your first line of defense. Propagation of most malicious code (virus, Trojan & worm) is done by email and is designed to take advantage of weaknesses in Microsoft products.

Some recent spam related headlines:

SPAM VICTIMS LONG FOR THE 'BAD OLD DAYS' - Silicon 7/14/2047

MICROSOFT RINGS UP SPAMMER FOR $4 MILLION - WebProNews 7/16/2004

WORRIED FIRMS CONSIDER EMAIL BOYCOTT - VNU 7/16/2004

LATEST BAGLE WORM 'CERTAINLY SUCCESSFUL' - Silicon 7/16/2004

ANTI-PHISHING GROUP FORMS TO FIGHT IDENTITY THEFT - E-Commerce Times 7/16/2004

E-MAIL MARKETING TOWN HALL LOOKS TO FUTURE - DM News 7/16/2004

SPAM GROWS AS SPAMMERS MATURE - Silicon 7/15/2004

TROJAN HARVESTS SOFTWARE KEYS FOR CRACKED COPIES - PC Pro 7/15/2004

SEARCHING FOR WAYS TO FIGHT JUNK E-MAIL - Los Angeles Times 7/15/2004

GROWING RISKS OF WORKPLACE E-MAIL AND IM - eMarketer 7/15/2004

SEASON OVER FOR 'PHISHING'? - CNET News.com 7/15/2004

SPAM OUTWEIGHS TERRORISM AS SECURITY THREAT: SURVEY - ZDNet Australia 7/14/2004

MICROSOFT ADDS IMPROVED ANTI-VIRUS PROTECTION FOR HOTMAIL - WebProNews 7/14/2004

PHISHING: ANATOMY OF A SCAM - TechTarget 7/14/2004

AUTOMATICALLY SEND MAIL IN SQL SERVER WITH XP_SMTPSENDMAIL80 - TechRepublic 7/14/2004

THE FUTURE OF EMAIL SECURITY SURVEY - THE RESULTS - Press Release 7/14/2004

SPAM HAS GONE TO THE DARK SIDE - Press Release 7/14/2004

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CYCLE TO YIELD UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL OF POLITICAL EMAIL SPAM - Market Wire 7/14/2004

AHNLAB INC. TO ENTER GLOBAL ANTI-SPAM SOFTWARE MARKET - Digital Chosun 7/14/2004

CHOOSING A BROADCAST E-MAIL VENDOR, PART 2: PRICING - ClickZ 7/14/2004

UNSUBCENTRAL, LIST SUPPRESSION DYNAMO - ClickZ 7/14/2004

THE DEADLY DUO: SPAM AND VIRUSES, JUNE 2004 - ClickZ 7/14/2004

REPORT FROM UN SPAM MEETING IN GENEVA - CircleID 7/14/2004

INTELLIREACH UNVEILS HIGH PERFORMANCE LINUX-BASED SPAM AND CONTENT FILTERING APPLIANCE - Business Wire 7/14/2004

BANK IDS TACKLE CYBER FRAUD - Australian IT 7/14/2004

BANKERS URGE UPDATE TO U.S. BANK MODERNIZATION LAW - Reuters 7/13/2004

MAILFRONTIER RELEASES PHISHING INDEX FOR JUNE 2004 - PRNewswire 7/13/2004

SCRIPTUREMAIL OFFERS ULTIMATE SPAM BLOCKER - Press Release 7/13/2004

SURFCONTROL SUPPORTS MICROSOFT ISA SERVER 2004 WITH INTEGRATED CONTENT FILTERING FOR THE ENTERPRISE - Press Release 7/13/2004

BIGPOND BLOCKED - News.com.au 7/13/2004