Proxy servers

Hello,

I need advice and direction about the use of free public proxy servers.

Why?

I have started to receive a range of emails disguised as Microsoft, Postmaster " undeliverable " returns from email addresses I have never sent email to,  " Internet Delivery Service " and so on. These emails carry an attachment of 106kb size and are obviously carrying some nasty surprise.

I have confirmed via Microsoft advice that these are deliberate intended damage although what exactly they carry I don't know.

For example, one such false email comes with full Microsoft logo etc and is titled " Microsoft Security Update " etc. The advice in the email is to install the " attached security update " immediately. A quick look reveals false email addresses and, naturally, uninvited attachments are certain problems which won't be opened by me.

So I haven't as yet taken their bait or whatever they intend. Whoever " they " are of course.

The source of these such false emails is most likely spammers who I may have reported after many attempts to avoid them or people from bulletin boards who don't like what I may write.

I can't and won't name any of them as I cannot be sure. This is clear though as only the 2 Hotmail accounts I have used for anonymity have received such responses, and shortly after I wrote on a bulletin board ( not here ) or reported a spammer ( body organ enlargements the main offender ).

I've taken the usual preventitive measures of abandoning Hotmail accounts and opening new ones for use at various places on the internet.

So I need advice re both how to use a proxy server and the issues relating to that of which I am currently ignorant.

I would appreciate advice only about what I seek, re how to implement a proxy server and potential issues with that due my ignorance on the matter.

If anyone chooses to be critical of what I say, I will not respond on that issue.

If anyone has a similar problem and wants to discuss that, I am happy to do so.

The last thing I need right now is condescending " advice " from those that are more aware than I on these topics. I say this as the last question I posted here attracted one such person and I did not appreciate it.

Thanks in advance to anyone able to provide advice, links etc where I can read up on this topic. I have found many sites relating to proxy servers but they seem to assume you know all the ins and outs and I have no idea what it means.

Proxy Servers advice for Dummies is what I need. I do know how it works etc but the application is currently beyond me.

Centore