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Excessive Spam, Junk Mail from "geeksquad" email address?
For those without a PC - I used the filter by keyword method and set a rule that anything with geeksquad goes to junk - works so far but I am scared they will figure me out!!!!
Ok, I get all email "geeksquad AT emailinfo.geeksquad.com" (replace AT with @)emails going to Junk mail. I want them to be automatically deleted.
I created a rule, email: "geeksquad AT emailinfo.geeksquad.com" and action: delete. They do not get deleted, they just got in my junk mail that is all great but, I see at least 50 or more a day from "geeksquad AT emailinfo.geeksquad.com"
Trying to find valid emails that were counted as spam is hard, I have deleted valuable emails because of this. Yes, I am putting @ not AT I could not post the email here, it would block it.
How do I get the web client to automatically delete emails based on the email address, even if it's in spam ?
Clicking Unsubscribe? I tried that for weeks, and it never stopped, now I get 10-30% more junk from them, complete BS and invalid unsub link. How do I fix this problem ONCE AND FOR ALL.
I created a rule, email: "geeksquad AT emailinfo.geeksquad.com" and action: delete. They do not get deleted, they just got in my junk mail that is all great but, I see at least 50 or more a day from "geeksquad AT emailinfo.geeksquad.com"
That won't work. You need to make a "header" rule with "delete it" as the action. Then include anything else in that rule you want deleted. I added the geeksquad spam address along with many others. You can view the header by opening up an e-mail (not preview pane) File>Properties: Internet Headers. I copied/pasted into Notepad so it's easier to read. Some may still get though. You may need to view headers, add to your list, and "run rules now" to clean up. Obviously this has the potential to delete legit stuff if you're not careful, so choose what you put in the header search text with care.
Well, it's the next day, almost 24 hours after trying your fix. I checked my junk mail, 0 geekquad emails. Nothing at all. I would normally see 40-70 a day, now nothing. My Spam folder is very manageable now, I get SPAM but, maybe 15-20 overnight, not over 100.
I can't see it deleting legit email because it's looking for the "geeksquad AT emailinfo.geeksquad.com" address. No other email would/should have that in the subject
Thanks that worked perfect ! If you were local, I'd buy you a beer 🙂
- Great news! I wish I could take you up on that beer offer! So far I haven't hit a limit as far as what that one rule can filter out. I keep adding key words into that header rule less spam. I only got 6 last night. I added those to the rule, so I'll probably see fewer than that tomorrow.
The mailwasherfree as pruned a lot out too. Outlook doesn't seem to blacklist domains well, but this tool does. It can also filter out obscene language and has ties to multiple anti-spam databases. Best of all it isn't annoying with popups like SpamCop.
" Obviously this has the potential to delete legit stuff if you're not careful, so choose what you put in"
Your idea is good, but I propose to redirect from this address to another (which will only be to spam) it provides the ability to check the redirected emails before deleting.
Your idea is good, but I propose to redirect from this address to another (which will only be to spam) it provides the ability to check the redirected emails before deleting.
Deleted
You can choose any action. Move it to junk mail folder. etc. I just prefer to delete it because don't even want to see it. Some of this spam is disturbing.
I am using Outlook.com/Hotmail, I tried it on that, thanks for the tip. Hope this get rid of this for good !
Hi everyone, I decided to share this link even though it contains an ad because it is an explanation and important information from which it follows that clicking on cancel subscription is another consent, or even installation of malware!
https://geeksadvice.com/geek-squad-email-scam/
I also suggest downloading the official Microsoft scanner and performing a scan of your computer.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/intelligence/safety-scanner-download?view=o365-worldwide
This not just Geek Squad, this spam from that address for everything you can think of, from porn to old people lawsuits... I've tried to unsub from every email for a while and it just gets worse and worse...
it comes from "geeksquad AT emailinfo.geeksquad.com"This is on the WEB Client, not my home computer....
But just unsubscribing is a scam and your next consent to malware, I can not explain it better, it does not matter what you think you have blocked - It will not work on an infected system.
