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Famous last words about spam

What Gates, McCain and others have said about those pesky, unwanted e-mails.

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Spammers in the slammer

A compilation of the most notorious convicted spammers

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News about spam

Article | 9/10/2011 Hotmail's 'graymail' filter will help business
All the major Web-based email services have junk mail folders and spam filters that strain out obvious offenders. Categorizing messages and filtering ...
Article | 14/09/2011 Microsoft, Adobe unleash flood of security updates
Today is Patch Tuesday again. The ninth of the year already. Microsoft has released five new security bulletins, and Adobe has joined the party with s...
Article | 28/08/2011 Google's war against scraper sites continues
Google appears to be getting ready to launch another offensive against website scrapers.
Article | 18/08/2011 Report: Spam is at a two-year high
Spam - particularly the kind with malicious attachments - is exploding, reaching a two-year high overall, which includes the spike last fall just befo...
Article | 9/08/2011 Scammers shift targets beyond the PC
Career criminal Willie Sutton was often quoted saying that he robbed banks "because that's where the money is." The legend sounds good, but Sutton act...

Tutorials about spam

Article | 2/11/2010 The 25 Worst High-Tech Habits (and How to Fix Them)
Good citizens of technological America, this story is not for you.
Article | 28/09/2010 Am I mailing spam?
Tami asked the Antivirus & Security Software forum why friends are receiving spam that appears to come from her.

Features about spam

Article | 9/03/2011 PDF files most trusted...and most targeted
PDF files are one of the most common, and most trusted document formats out there. However, that trust, combined with the cross-platform use of PDFs m...
Article | 19/01/2011 ClamAV promises free antivirus app for businesses
Most of us don't like paying for antivirus (AV) software, but at least home users can rely on one of the free options, such as Microsoft Security Esse...
Article | 8/01/2011 Text message of 'death' threatens smartphone security
Security researchers have shown that carefully crafted text messages sent to cell phones via short message service (SMS) can cause them to shutdown wi...
Article | 17/07/2009 Microsoft sues mobile ringtone company for phishing, spam
Microsoft has sued a Hong Kong seller of mobile ringtones, saying the company used phishing techniques to flood Microsoft Live Messenger users with sp...
Article | 27/06/2009 China remains spam haven due to 'bulletproof' hosting
An overwhelming majority of Web sites promoted through spam are hosted in China at service providers that many times choose to ignore complaints and a...