As a business it is important for you to have a lot of social outreach. This facilitates grabbing the attention of potential new customers as well as keeping the love […]
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Malware:Â This is a term that is a compound word formed from Malicious and software. Shortened to MalWare. The word Mal comes from the Latin word Malus which means bad. […]
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Malware:Â This is a term that is a compound word formed from Malicious and software. Shortened to MalWare. The word Mal comes from the Latin word Malus which means bad. […]
READ FULL POST Why shouldn’t I open up my spam emails?
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Spam emails often contain certain types of virues, mal ware, etc., that can infect your computer, but in order to infect your computer you have to OPEN them. Imagine you […]
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Spam emails often contain certain types of virues, mal ware, etc., that can infect your computer, but in order to infect your computer you have to OPEN them. Imagine you […]
READ FULL POST Some Spam is Successful – Specifically: Weight-Loss
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There is a new study out which offers some evidence that spam mass mailings can generate sales at a notable rate. Results show that in the weight-loss category, a significant […]
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There is a new study out which offers some evidence that spam mass mailings can generate sales at a notable rate. Results show that in the weight-loss category, a significant […]
READ FULL POST How much does spam cost us?
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Every year or two, Ferris Research updates its estimates for the total cost of spam, earlier this year they did the 2009 estimates . Their estimates: "Worldwide, spam will cost […]
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Every year or two, Ferris Research updates its estimates for the total cost of spam, earlier this year they did the 2009 estimates . Their estimates: "Worldwide, spam will cost […]
READ FULL POST 99% of Email Sent, We Blocked as Spam
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Just one of our systems blocked 13.1 million messages in one week. That equaled 99% of all traffic sent through it! Meaning that our customers servers never had to bear […]
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Just one of our systems blocked 13.1 million messages in one week. That equaled 99% of all traffic sent through it! Meaning that our customers servers never had to bear […]
READ FULL POST Some Fun & Good, Interesting Aricles
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Some really fun and good articles to read: Computerworld article – Top 10 spam-friendly registrars named and shamed Computerworld article – Undercover: The Company that Did Everything Wrong Salt Lake […]
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Some really fun and good articles to read: Computerworld article – Top 10 spam-friendly registrars named and shamed Computerworld article – Undercover: The Company that Did Everything Wrong Salt Lake […]
READ FULL POST Most popular celebrity “bait” in spam email
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That honor goes to Angelina Jolie who is the most popular celebrity name used by spammers to tempt people into opening unsolicited email, according to new research. The other famous […]
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That honor goes to Angelina Jolie who is the most popular celebrity name used by spammers to tempt people into opening unsolicited email, according to new research. The other famous […]
READ FULL POST Top E-Mail Scams
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Saw a report from the Federal Trade Commissions (FTC) recently released a list of the top email scams: 1. Advance Fee Fraud 2. Phishing 3. Check Overpayment Scams 4. Work-at-Home […]
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Saw a report from the Federal Trade Commissions (FTC) recently released a list of the top email scams: 1. Advance Fee Fraud 2. Phishing 3. Check Overpayment Scams 4. Work-at-Home […]
READ FULL POST How Many People Actually Buy Something from Spam?
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When I tell people that I work for an email spam company, one of the first and most surprising questions I get asked (after how do I stop the spam) […]
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When I tell people that I work for an email spam company, one of the first and most surprising questions I get asked (after how do I stop the spam) […]
READ FULL POST Need Email Access on Vacation?
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We went on a trip and one of the key items for us was to make sure that there was wireless access so we could check our email and do […]
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We went on a trip and one of the key items for us was to make sure that there was wireless access so we could check our email and do […]
READ FULL POST Month Long S.P.A.M. Experiment
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McAfee did an interesting little experiment of signing up a bunch of people to answer every single email spam they got. The idea scares me to no end, but if […]
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McAfee did an interesting little experiment of signing up a bunch of people to answer every single email spam they got. The idea scares me to no end, but if […]
READ FULL POST John Levin, Author of Fighting Spam for Dummies
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John R. Levin, author of The Internet for Dummies and Fighting Spam for Dummies, was kind enough to answer some of my questions for my blog. You can find out […]
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John R. Levin, author of The Internet for Dummies and Fighting Spam for Dummies, was kind enough to answer some of my questions for my blog. You can find out […]
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