Spyware, viruses, & security : Where, in your opinion, are you most vulnerable to ID theft?

Try the National Do Not Call Registry for Starters

You can register on the National Do Not Call Registry (www.donotcall.gov/) for free. It should curtail a lot of the phone solicitors from calling you but it's not 100%.

Tackling the availability of personal information for marketing purposes is a little more difficult–okay, a lot more difficult. Personally, I use two different email addresses: one for communicating with trusted friends and businesses while reserving a different email address for untrusted transactions (think Craigslist). Secondly, I place fraud alerts on my credit file every 90 days which results in absolutely zero credit card offers in the mail. (Finally, my shredder gets a break!)

I suppose these problems are simply the cost of living in an information-rich world with everything networked. There are a lot of advantages to this but obviously, some major disadvantages too.

Hope this helped.