they have some way to scan files and such and then also a dictionary program that random generates names
Well the way I do it, I have 2 e-mail addresses. One is to give to friends, family, and websites that I really trust. The second address is what I use to sign up for stuff temporarily, or for those forms that make you put in your e-mail before you can access a certain place.
The first account I get absolutely no spam and I check it about every day. The second I check about once a week to clear out all the spam since about 98 percent of that e-mail is junk I don't want to read.
Spam is like adware. Once you get one little trace of it, it seems to reproduce itself and before you know it, you're over your head in it.
Protect, protect, protect.....
I now use a firewall, antivirus and spyware detection software.
Above that, the one thing that seems to have stopped the majority of spam for me was adopting the Opera Browser, which has its own mail and contact and RSS feed facilities. Dropping IExplorer and Outlook (or O. Express) worked best for me!
The best thing about Microsoft products is their popularity; it draws the 'gremlins' because it is widely used.
Answer - find different software (I find that it works better too, for me).
