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What do I use for spam prevention?

December 2, 2008 Read the full article →

Question I was curious about what you use for your spam filters – mine is getting out of control with the viagra offers!

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What are spam, spyware, and viruses?

November 20, 2008 Read the full article →

Question “I’m not sure what “spam” is.  Is it like spyware that you have to quarantine or a virus that you have to run the antivirus scan for?  Or is it just ads sort of stuff?”

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Yes, you are a spammer! And, here’s how to stop.

November 13, 2008 Read the full article →

What is spam? There are lots of definitions of spam. It’s the electronic version of unwanted mail that shows up in our email boxes every day. It can be unsolicited mail. It can be bulk mail. It can be hiding a virus or someone seeking your personal bank information. It comes in all forms. 

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Spam Example: Phishing – Internal Revenue Service

November 8, 2008 Read the full article →

Here is a good example of phishing with a nasty little piece of email I received today. These people are pretending to be the government. When you read their site link, you’ll notice the domain isn’t from the IRS. (The actual site is www.irs.gov.) When you click on the URL, they have copied the real [...]

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Spam Example: Spoof – Network Solutions

October 31, 2008 Read the full article →

E-mail spoofing is a term used to describe fraudulent e-mail activity in which the sender address and other parts of the e-mail header are altered to appear as though the e-mail originated from a different source. I am always fascinated by how tricky spammers/hackers/phishers are. They are constantly working out new ways to get your [...]