Since upgrading to windows vista from xp i am receiving an excessive amount of junk email - any idea why?

Firewall is on, fraud monitoring is on etc. is there any way of setting up a ghost IP address?
Since upgrading to windows vista from xp i am receiving an excessive amount of junk email - any idea why?
i always unplug the pc from the internet when installing an operating system and install a software firewall and antispyware app and run it before i get it online for the first time ...
Reply:There are only two things you can do about junk email





1) Use a filter so the junk email is automatically sorted to another mail box.


2) Change your email address (and then be very careful who you give that address to).





It has nothing to do with what operating system/version of Windows you are using EXCEPT you may have unwittingly changed your spam filter settings when you upgraded.
Reply:i don't know, sorry,, but i got vista too and nothing seems to work right. it sucks. but good luck on fixing your problem.
Reply:Windows have just released a batch of Vista updates which includes a fix for junk mail good luck
Reply:It is just coincidence. Some one got into the mail server and got the addresses, or you used your e-mail address somewhere in a response to an ad, or even an on line purchase from a shady company that sold your info. OS has nothing to do with it since you are not your own mail server.
Reply:It may be you had junk filters set up on your mail client. These may not work on Vista, so you may need to set them up again. Your IP address has no effect on emails received, as you are collecting them from a server.