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
