Web Site Access Questions 1

[johnnyboy1]

Hello,

I'm really concerned about some emails that I have been getting as of late. The contents of these emails are:

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Attention!
Don't like getting this content? Change your preference by clicking <here>. This email has been sent to you because you have subscribed to one of our member sites or free sites. All users have been age checked via credit card validation! We do not buy, trade, or harvest information! The IP Address you used when you subscribed was 444.333.111.22 If this reached you in error, or you do not wish to receive emails in the future, please click here and you will be taken off our list immediately and permanently. This email is not spam because you have agreed to receive email advertisements from us as part of our terms of service. This message is not intended for residents of WA, NV, CA, & VA or anyone under the age of 18. Screening of address's has been done to the best of our technical ability. If you are a California, Nevada, Washington, or Virginia resident or under the age of 18 please follow the instructions above and you will be permanently removed from our list immediately.
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The links for this go to the Web Site:

http://www.afterhoursmarketing.com

I don't recall ever signing up for any adult Web Site. I certainly don't recall ever giving such a Web Site my Credit Card Information. This email seems to indicate that they did a Credit Card Validation, and they were some how able to obtain my email address to send me this advertisement. How is this possible? Would it be possible for them to obtain this information by some technical means without my knowledge, like taking information off my PC without me actually signing up and requesting these ads, or providing them with my Credit Card Details or email address? Notice that this ad doesn't address me by name, but rather refers to the IP Address. I'm an honest person and I'm worried sick that I've done something wrong. Am I in trouble? Please advise me on what to do next...

 

[SESaskDFC]

Howdy:

Nothing but SPAM and meant to get you to reply so they can verify your email address is valid. Then watch out !!

Just dump it !!

Murray

 

[vop]

Some services that you may have signed up for may have pages and pages of selectable options. It is so easy to miss default options that you really don't want. Such encounters leave you unable to associate the cause of your spam.

There are many sites in the internet that are known to be bad news. A tool such as SpyBlocker has over 10K of URLs in a hosts file - that tool will not allow you access to those sites by default (user changeable). It would be good to know that access to a particularly site is highly not recommended under most circumstances.

http://www.spyblocker-software.com/spyblocker/

I have found a synergy that exists and peace of mind for denial of access to sites that are not recommended under most circumstances. If you access those sites, you are most certainly going to increase the incidence of unwelcome traffic. They end up sending you ads, cookies, spyware, and six (6) other unwelcomed and possibly destablizing intrusions. Better not to go there in the first place.