SPAM

Spam is the transmission of unsolicited messages to e-mail accounts, Internet forums, cell phones, instant messaging systems, and video sharing sites. These ubiquitous messages bombard us daily and can bring mild amusement or major annoyance.

They entice with promises of wealth, employment, romance, or sexual enhancement but rarely deliver the intended results. While some are harmless, many are scams meant to trick readers into sending money or financial information. Still others contain worms that allow a spammer access to a user’s personal computer. It’s no surprise that bloggers turn to the Web to seek or offer advice and to vent their frustration over the constant threat spam poses to their computers and cell phones.

Though spam filters exist and a few spammers have been identified and held accountable for their mass mailings, legislation to ban or monitor spam varies from state to state and is often difficult to enforce. Spammers have also become increasingly savvy to the techniques used to block or suss them out. Spam levels are on the rise, and such messages will likely continue their assault on electronic forms of communication for some time to come.

 

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• Google Cracking Down on Business Listing Spam - ClickZ News

  
  GeekedAbout.com News - Main RSS Feed — Authority: 182
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• Mossbergs Mailbox - Wall Street Journal

  
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• CHECK YR PULSE

  
  manalogue — Authority: 119
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• Rogue ÜberTwitter Beta v0.932 Available For Download! [Application]

  
  BlackBerry Rocks! — Authority: 510
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• Spam email – Hello Dearest !

  
  Techmunch — Authority: 136
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• The most pathetic phishing scam Ive seen this week

  
  Graham Cluley's blog — Authority: 717
  Sometimes phishing scams are so brazen or pathetic, the only thing you can do is laugh. After all, if you believed people really fell for emails like the following you would probably cry. This particular email, which asks you to reply instantly with your username and password (and, interestingly, whether you use ...
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• A quick laugh...

  
  Cheating Network — Authority: 469
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  Targeting troubled homeowners or Spam in the Time of Foreclosure ChicagoNow (blog) I tend to get a lot of housing crisis spam at my loveinthetimeofforeclosure@gmail.com address. Though I dont usually read the messages, today one made its ...
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• Scam alert: Android Market littered with Apps of questionable origin and intent - StarkSilverCreek.com (blog)

  
  GeekedAbout.com News - Main RSS Feed — Authority: 182
  StarkSilverCreek.com (blog) Scam alert: Android Market littered with Apps of questionable origin and intent StarkSilverCreek.com (blog) I hope Google too employs tight controls to ensure the Android Market doesnt become a spam -ridden marketplace; like a worn-down dollar shop. ... and ...
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• Gmail repeatedly marking Harvard emails as spam - Harvard Law Record

  
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  Gmail repeatedly marking Harvard emails as spam Harvard Law Record By Record Staff A quirk in Googles Gmail system that identifies heavy loads of mail from one source as spam again afflicted Harvard users over Thanksgiving ... and more »
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• Botnet continues massive H1N1 malware campaign - Computerworld

  
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• SPAM and Malware taking advantage of H1N1 concerns – SANS Internet Storm Center

  
  Chris Mosby at myITforum.com — Authority: 129
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  Cheating Network — Authority: 469
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• Fake H1N1 (Swine Flu) alerts lead to malware

  
  Zero Day — Authority: 589
  The e-mail messages contain a link to a bogus Centers for Disease Control and Prevention site with prompts to create a user profile. During this process, a malware file gets planted on the users machine.
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