Spam Articles

Over the past few years you've all become familiar with the terms spam, spam filter, whitelists, blacklists and a whole myriad of other terminology associated with the problem of spam. You now have to add a new and extremely worrying phrase to that list - spam zombie.

With the net closing in around them spammers are looking for new and more inventive ways to send out their junk email. Spam filters and challenge response systems are becoming progressively more intelligent and blocking more spam each day. What was a spammer to do? The spammers took the next step - infiltrating your PC and using it as a spamming tool.

When most of you think of the word zombie you're reminded of old B movies with groaning zombies are chasing the terrified actress through a castle, swamp or whatever low cost setting the movie revolved around.

Slam the Door on Spam
This is just a small sampling of the questionable characters who insist on clogging your inbox with junk email. While these may be some of the most egregious offenders, there are plenty more waiting in the wings who would like nothing more than to be considered equally offensive. As these new spammers rise through the ranks, well keep you posted on who they are, and what kind of shady business they’re up to.

Every one of us knows how spam impacts us. Every day we either get a ton of spam - or if we're fairly well protected by spam filters - only a few pieces.

Like a large number of people, I don't use any spam filters. Ah. You think I'm insane. But wait. My problem is that I get a lot of email from marketing types which I want to receive. And the spam filtering software is not very sensitive to my needs. Even white-listing doesn't always work. So, I prefer to get all that spam

Spyware, viruses and worms... oh my! If you are connected to the internet, you need to make sure you get your computer set up properly if you want to avoid problems down the road. With all the viruses, spyware and other threats on the internet today, no computer should be set up without the proper protection. And that protection needs to be in place as soon after you hook up your new machine as possible.

List servers and list serving software can be a TOTAL NIGHTMARE. Trust me, I know...
If you are new to Internet Marketing, or just new to the way of web business, and there's all these other things to learn and think about, there are five VERY good reasons to leave commercial list serving software systems alone for now and simply use a Yahoogroup to do all the work for you.

You do not offer free original content. It is important to give your visitors information they cannot find anywhere else.

Hopefully these tips will help you choose a password that is both safe and secure and that you will have some fun creating your new passwords too!

Identity theft – also known as ID theft, identity fraud and ID fraud – describes a type of fraud where a criminal adopts someone else’s identity in order to profit illegally. It is one of the fastest growing forms of fraud in many developed countries.

The resent Link Spam Statistics inspection has shown that China and USA have a tarnished reputation of holding the leading positions in the register of spammers. It is easy to understand that the inspection hasn’t been done only to blame the US for junk e-mail circulation, European states all in all have higher percentage of unsolicited e-mail than the US do.

A warning has been issued about new spam being sent to mainly business email addresses that claims to be a copy of your latest credit file, but actually contains a PDF file that once opened will infect your computer with malware.

Spam is one of the leading causes of email traffic congestion and loss in productivity. Spam is essentially unwanted email, it may be from a known source, but can still be spam mail. Surveys the world over have estimated that thousands of man hours are wasted by corporates the world over, due to useless spam mails.