How to Keep Your Computer Free from Spam?

Follow these steps to keep Spam away from your computer:

1. Set the tolerance level. Access the Antispam module, Status section to set the tolerance level. Choosing the appropriate tolerance level will help all of your legitimate mail go to the Inbox, whether you usually receive a lot of legitimate commercial mail or a high volume of spam.
2. Complete the antispam configuration wizard. If you are using Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Outlook Express / Windows Mail, follow the configuration wizard that opens the first time you access your e-mail client. You can also open the wizard from the Antispam toolbar.
3. Fill in the Friends List. Access the Antispam module, Status section and click or click the Friends button from the Antispam toolbar to open the Friends list. Add the addresses of the people you absolutely need to receive mail from to the Friends list.
   Note
   BitDefender does not block messages from those on the list; therefore, adding friends helps ensure that legitimate messages get through.
4. Train the Learning Engine (bayesian). Every time you receive an e-mail that you consider to be spam, but that BitDefender did not tag as such, select it and click the Is Spam button from the antispam toolbar. Future messages that fit the same pattern will be tagged as SPAM.
   Note
   The Learning Engine activates only after you have trained it on more than 60 legitimate e-mail messages. To do this, you must follow the configuration wizard.
5. Keep your BitDefender current. In the Update module, Update section, keep the Automatic Update enabled in order to be protected against new threats as they emerge.
   Note
   Every time you perform an update:
   a. new image signatures will be added to the Image filter;
   b. new links will be added to the URL filter;
   c. new rules will be added to the NeuNet (Heuristic) filter.
   d. This will help increase the effectiveness of your Antispam engine.
6. Configure the Charset filter. Most spam messages are written in Cyrillic and / or Asian charsets. Access the Antispam module, Settings section and select Block Asian/Block Cyrillic if you want to reject all the e-mail messages written in these charsets.
   Note
   You can enable/disable each of the Antispam filters by accessing the Settings section in the Antispam module.