Dr.Web anti-spam

Which messages are filtered by Dr.Web anti-spam as unwanted?

• To make it short, let’s apply “spam” name to all unsolicited e-mails. The bulk of it comprises advertisements offering different goods and services.
• The most dangerous among spam messages are phishing, pharming and scamming ones. Nigerian scams, lottery and casino scams, fraudulent messages from banks and credit organizations are characteristic of them.
• Next come black political and economic PR scams and the so-called “letters of happiness”.
• There is also a technical spam, or bounce messages, generated by mail servers in reply to undelivered message, whether you did send one or not. Such e-mails might emerge as a result of mail server poor work or virus activity, of some e-mail worm, for instance.

How to activate Dr.Web spam filter?

Incoming mail filtering is processed by SpIDer Mail, one of Dr.Web modules. The following steps describe how to activate the spam filter:

• In SpIDer Mail menu on the Windows Task Panel choose “Settings” – the SpIDer Mail “Settings” window will appear.
• In the “Scan” pane of the SpIDer Mail “Settings” window enable the “Check for the spam” checkbox and press OK to save the changes made; then close SpIDer Mail “Settings” window.

After you’ve activated your spam filter, SpIDer Mail with Vade Retro anti-spam engine integrated into it starts filtering all your incoming mail on POP3 and IMAP4 protocols.

How can spam be filtered into definite mail folder?

To move automatically all messages marked as spam by Dr.Web Anti-spam into definite mail folder in your mail client, do the following.

1. In SpIDer Mail menu on the Windows Task Panel choose “Settings” – the SpIDer Mail “Settings” window will appear. Press the “Advanced…” button. The “SpIDer Mail® Spam Settings” window will open. Check the “Add prefix to the subjects of the spam messages” box. Input any word or combination of symbols in the field below it. This will be the prefix Dr.Web Anti-spam will add to subjects of messages marked as spam.
2. In the mail client you use, make a new folder for spam. Make the rule for this folder so that all the spam messages with the prefix you specified in the “Add prefix to the subjects of the spam messages” filed are placed there automatically.

How to manage Whitelists\Blacklists?

Whitelists and Blacklists contain mail addresses you either trust or not.

• If the sender’s e-mail address is added to the Whitelist, these messages are not filtered. However, if the sender and the receiver share the same domain name e-mail addresses and this domain name is enlisted in the Whitelist with the “*” symbol, it is filtered for spam.
• All messages enlisted in Blacklist are marked as spam without additional analysis.

Both lists settings should be fill in one after another, parted by “;”. The “*” sign can be used as a part of e-mail address. For example, *@domain.org passes for all addresses with “domain.org” domain name.

Where to forward e-mails falsely marked as spam/non-spam?

In case some messages are falsely filtered, they should be forwarded as attachments to special addresses for analysis and correction of spam-filtering techniques.

• Messages, falsely marked as spam, should be forwarded as attachments to vrnonspam@drweb.com
• Messages, falsely marked as non-spam, should be forwarded as attachments to vrspam@drweb.com.

How to avoid filtering Cyrillic e-mails as spam?

At first all spam messages were of Latin origin and spam-filters’ developers, represented for the most part by Western companies, were aimed at filtering these ones only. Later on spammers switched into Cyrillic, too. But since the bulk of spam is still in Latin, there are some difficulties to filter Cyrillic spam.

To save your Cyrillic correspondence from being filtered as spam without a prior analysis, check the “Allow Cyrillic texts” box. Otherwise such e-mails are likely to be marked as spam. “Allow Chinese, Japanese, Korean text” option works the same way.

How do I replace Dr.Web Anti-virus for Windows with anti-spam version?

1. If you are a registered user of Dr.Web Anti-virus for Windows or a user of a demo version and your demo key file was received before March 1, 2007
   Buy upgrade license to Dr.Web for Windows. Anti-virus+Anti-spam. Download and save in your computer the distribution for Dr.Web Anti-virus for Windows – Anti-virus + Anti-spam from http://download.drweb.com/win. Execute the file drweb-444-win-as-en.exe. Choose “Modify” and wait until the installation wizard finishes, then reboot the computer. Spam filter included into SpIDer Mail is successfully installed!
2. If you are a user of demo version and your demo key file was received after March 1, 2007
   Since March 1, 2007 Dr.Web anti-spam is included into demo version of Dr.Web Anti-virus for Windows. Just download Dr.Web for Windows – Anti-virus + Anti-spam distribution and install it over the already installed Dr.Web Anti-virus for Windows.

Can I use Dr.Web demo-version with anti-spam if I am currently a registered user of Dr.Web Anti-virus for Windows?

1. Copy your current license key file for Dr.Web Anti-virus for Windows into a safe location. Then delete your current key file from Dr.Web installation directory.
2. Download distribution of Dr.Web for Windows – Anti-virus + Anti-spam and install it over the already installed Dr.Web Anti-virus for Windows".
3. Right click the spider icon in the system tray and Choose "Register". During the registration procedure, choose "Get demo key file". 30-day demo key for version with anti-spam will be downloaded and installed automatically.