Also clear 'cookies' and your computers cache. Probably wouldn't hurt to do a virus scan as well.
Just because you post pictures of an old porn star doesn't mean you have a collection of porn. I have a collection of an old porn star by herself and clothed enough to be able to share her on here for members that aren't into walking overweight billboards full of fishhooks.
I was referring to the possibility that the roofing company you were talking about may have stuck a 'cookie' or some type of marketing malware on your computer which would allow them to keep spamming you even though you kept deleting or ignoring their stuff.
And if you use your computer to charge a smartphone via USB or Lightning cable without using a 'data blocker' on it, then any malware that might be on your computer gets transferred to your phone . . . or any malware on your phone gets transferred to your computer.
I have Malware and Webroot. I only charge my phone from a receptacle. I'll check for a cookie. Thanks for the help.
To block unwanted incoming emails?
Not typically, but a good practice, most good AV is doing this for you anyway.
Send them some of my eye bleach. Works wonders.
Occasionally an email will contain hidden malware that ends up in your computers' cache if/when you open it, where it could stay until/unless you manually dump it. It could enable 'pop-ups', record your key-strokes, activate your onboard microphones & camera, send your inquiries to fake look-alike sites, or just sit there and do absolutely nothing.
Best practice to to NOT open any emails that might look suspicious (though we all screw that up occasionally). Second best practice is to periodically and thoroughly clean your computer system of unwanted 'junk', to include the cache on your modem/router.
The OP was specifically asking about stopping unwanted emails, I don't see where your reply has anything to do with that. Good suggestions, sure, but nothing you suggested would stop junk email.
-On several analytical sites malware is installed that gathers personal information such as 'key loggers' and the sites you visit. The request to 'op-out' installs a 'cookie' that pauses the data gathering, but as soon as you run a malware scan on your computer, which among other things deletes 'cookies', the collection of personal data resumes without your knowledge. Very unethical!
-The same tactic has been known to be used for sending marketing and phishing emails and pop-up advertising that seems to forever follow you from site to site.
-One of the ways to defeat this, in addition to other more typical steps, is to clear the cache on both your computer and your modem/router to prevent the malware (above) from being re-installed automatically by other malware that is designed to specifically target the cache areas. It is all relevant though not always apparent.
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