Spam Blocker for Outlook Express

How do you stop all the spam emails from entering into your Outlook express inbox.Is there any spam blocker available for Outlook express. Yes,Spamfighter is a free software which integrates into your mail program and does this job for you.

Email spam has been growing rapidly or even exponentially since the invention of email.Out of this, around 80% spams are sent from botnets and virus infected computers.But nowadays due to development of mass filtering technology, the net amount of spam emails received in users inbox have decreased.Even though most of us use Outlook express or Mozilla thunderbird for receiving the email messages,there are third party applications like spamfighter which prevents spam emails from reaching your Inbox.

Related: Norton AntiSpam 2009 Free

SpamFighter

relies on blacklists, whitelists, "community" spam identification and one click spam reporting to help keep your inbox clean. It automatically builds a whitelist from your address book and includes picture filtering to stop spam sent as an image.

When a new email arrives,it is tested by spamfighter and if positive it is moved to spam folder.

Spam Blocker for Outlook express Features

• 100% clean and free
• Protects against "phishing", identity theft, and other email fraud
• Unique language filtering tool that empowers you to stop emails written in specific languages
• Unique picture filter that can recognize spam which is sent as a picture
• Automatic "real mail" protection - means no lost business mails!
• Blacklist domains and emails
• Spam Abuse Reporting with one click
• Automatic Whitelist management

Install Requirements

OS: Windows 98, ME (32 bit), 2000, XP or Windows Vista (32 bit)

Email Clients: Outlook 2000/2002/2003/2007, Outlook Express 5.5 or later, Windows Mail and Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0

Download SpamFighter 2009 [free]

BitDefender 10 Free Edition (Freeware)

BitDefender Free Edition is your chance to use one of the world's most effective antivirus engines for free!

BitDefender Free Edition uses the same ICSA Labs certified scanning engines found in other BitDefender products, allowing you to enjoy basic virus protection for no cost at all.

BitDefender Free Edition is an on-demand virus scanner, which is best used in a system recovery or forensics role.

Features and benefits include:

• Virus scanning and removal
• On demand scanning - Powerful scan engines ensure detection and removal of all viruses in the wild every time you need it.
• Scheduled scanning - The Scheduler lets you plan ahead, and schedule full system/drive scans in the off hours, when you won't be using your computer.
• Immediate scanning - With just a right click you can check your files and folders.
• Skinable interface - You can express yourself, designing new interfaces, or you can use those drawn by others.
• Quarantine - By isolating the infected files in quarantine, the risk of getting infected diminishes. You also have the possibility to send these files for further analysis to BitDefender Labs.
• Reports - When launching a scan you may choose to create a report file where you can see statistics about the scan process.

AntiVir Personal 9.0.0.407 (Non-Commercial Freeware)

Avira AntiVir Personal - FREE Antivirus is a reliable free antivirus solution, that constantly and rapidly scans your computer for malicious programs such as viruses, Trojans, backdoor programs, hoaxes, worms, dialers etc. Monitors every action executed by the user or the operating system and reacts promptly when a malicious program is detected.

• Detects and removes more than 150,000 viruses
• Always among the winners of comparison test featured in computer journals
• The resident Virus Guard serves to monitor file movements automatically, e.g. downloading of data from the internet
• Scanning and repair of macro viruses
• Protection against previously unknown macro viruses
• Protection against trojaner, worms, backdoors, jokes and other harmful programs
• AntiVir protection against viruses, worms and Trojans
• AntiDialer protection against expensive dialers
• AntiRootkit protection against hidden rootkits
• AntiVir protection against viruses, worms and Trojans
• AntiPhishing protection against phishing
• AntiSpyware protection against spyware and adware
• NetbookSupport for laptops with low resolution
• QuickRemoval eliminates viruses at the push of a button
• Easy operation
• Internet-Update Wizard for easy updating
• Protection against previously unknown boot record viruses and master boot record viruses

ZoneAlarm Free 8.0.298.0

ZoneAlarm Free Firewall blocks hackers from infiltrating your home PC by hiding your computer from unsolicited network traffic. By detecting and preventing intrusions, ZoneAlarm Free Firewall keeps your PC free from viruses that slow down performance, and spyware that steals your personal information, passwords, and financial data.

• Essential firewall protection
• Be invisible to others online
• New interface makes it even easier—smaller size keeps it light
• Systematically identifies hackers and blocks access attempts

Sygate Personal Firewall 5.6.2808 (Freeware)

Free for personal use, Sygate Personal Firewall provides best of breed security in a user friendly interface, protecting your PC from hackers, trojans and DoS attacks.

Features include full-ICS support, protocol driver level protection, enhanced logging, and more.

Sygate Personal Firewall delivers unobtrusive, highly configurable, enforceable rule-based security policy by constantly operating in the background of your PC. Policies regarding applications, trusted IP addresses, ports, protocols and scheduling can be customized to support and secure any network configurations or requirements. Designed with high performance in mind, it delivers top-notch security without sacrificing your computing power.

Note that from November 30th, 2005 all Sygate consumer firewall products have been discontinued but this versions is available here for free use.

Comodo Internet Security 3.11.108364 (Freeware)

Comodo claim that their firewall is unique in that it passes all known leak tests to ensure the integrity of data entering and exiting your system. Comodo has put firewall through all kinds of sophisticated tests to ensure its firewall powerful enough to ward off these attacks with default settings. No other firewall has had to work this hard.

• PC Magazine Online's Editor's Choice
• Secures against internal and external attacks
• Blocks internet access to malicious Trojan programs
• Safeguards your Personal data against theft
• Delivers total end-point security for
• Personal Computers and Networks

TrueCrypt 6.2a (Open Source)

TrueCrypt is a software system for establishing and maintaining an on-the-fly-encrypted drive. On-the-fly encryption means that data are automatically encrypted or decrypted right before they are loaded or saved, without any user intervention. No data stored on an encrypted volume can be read (decrypted) without using the correct password or correct encryption key. Until decrypted, a TrueCrypt volume appears to be nothing more than a series of random numbers. The entire file system is encrypted (i.e., file names, folder names, contents of every file, and free space).

This software is highly recommended for securing data on laptops.

TrueCrypt performs the following tasks:

• Creates a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mounts it as a real disk.
• Encrypts an entire partition or storage device such as USB flash drive or hard drive.
• Encrypts a partition or drive where Windows is installed (pre-boot authentication).
• Encryption is automatic, real-time (on-the-fly) and transparent.
• Provides two levels of plausible deniability, in case an adversary forces you to reveal the password: 1) Hidden volume (steganography) and hidden operating system. 2) No TrueCrypt volume can be identified (volumes cannot be distinguished from random data).
• Encryption algorithms: AES-256, Serpent, and Twofish. Mode of operation: XTS.