I should have been more specific. My router prevents those annoying windows messaging pop up SPAM. When I connected my PC directly to my cable modem to trouble shoot the cable modem once, I was shocked when a few windows messaging SPAM messages popped up. The router had effectively prevented those messages from popping up on my PC's inside my LAN.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by PsychoFreakGoalie:
Hate to break it to you, but a router isn't going to do anything about spam. Well, I suppose that if you're running your own mail server, then the router would prevent spammers from hitting it, but it would also prevent it from being useful, which kinda defeats the whole purpose of the server.
The best defense for your computer is to keep it updated with patches for all the software you can find, don't install software you don't trust, run ad aware and spybot regularly, and have a good anti-virus program (McAfee, Norton, or Sophos)</font>