Junk email is a very real and very annoying problem today and that level of annoyance has actually peaked into dangerous levels for some computer users. Spam in great amounts can actually clog up and choke up the system so much so that the computer hangs, crashes and then locks up – meaning any of your unsaved work, and in some cases it is substantial, can go right down the drain. How to stop junk mail from interrupting your life is the mission that we are all on – on a daily basis. There has been concerted international pressure to make spam and junk emailing illegal, and while it has seen the light of success in some parts of the world, there are some countries that are not looking at the matter seriously enough, which means there are laws and boundaries which are sanctuaries for these email spammers.

They take advantage of this loophole and they either base their operations or outsource their junk mail spamming business to companies in these countries. They won't get into trouble, but you will, and your time will be wasted and your daily life routines put on hold. Don't rely on normal email filters because they are simply not enough, they are more like an afterthought placed within email clients both in the OS and online. An afterthought is barely enough defence against hackers and networks that pour in the best in technology to en sure that their email commercial messages gets across. Technology? Just what do I mean? Well the best way to distribute the UBE or UCE's (unsolicited bulk or commercial email) is through a zombie network which uses computers plugged into an unsecured network to replicate the messages as emails sent to each others lists.

These come from worms or Trojan viruses that gets into unsecured computers, steals their email list of contacts and emails themselves off to the list – and so on – and so forth. Like setting fire to an ocean of oil, you get something that is unstoppable – a battering ram of unconventional means to market, a brush fire. Imagine your traditional email spam filters is like a pail of water against this and you will realise the enormity of the battle and how under equipped we are. Emails are extremely cheap and the really good protagonists of this nefarious methods have automated their methods to an extreme where millions and millions of emails and malware can be distributed within a matter of seconds.

This is why people like us need anti spam blockers, software specifically written and engineered to recognise the trace data and command lines that exist within these emails, sniff them out and route them to the junk folder. It is like building a giant concrete wall and arming it with cannons. The good thing is that most of the anti spam software is available freely online and the costs are minimal. For an investment that is tiny - an investment that could very well stop junk mail from interrupting your life, anti spam software is definitely the way to go.