Spam: The PDF Spam and Protecting Your Children

(Tue Dec 4th, 2007, by Marco Maseko)

For a spammer, the use of PDF files is advantageous because PDF files are so commonly used in the business world. In fact, several companies allow or even require their business email systems to deliver these documents to the recipient. This makes it...

Spam: The Ways They Use To Trick You

(Tue Dec 4th, 2007, by Mel Maseko)

Much of the confusion regarding spam comes from a lack of understanding the everyday email user may have regarding the ways and motivations of the spammers. While most spam is generally mailed out to advertise a product or service, some is malicious ...

Things You Should Know About Spyware

(Tue Dec 4th, 2007, by Ricardo d Argence)

Most people who have spyware on their computers and laptops do not even realize it. The spyware lurks in the background doing it deeds within the shadows of their computer's hard drives. Sadly, most are unaware of what spyware can do, the types of da...

Malicious Software - What Is It - And Can We Deal With It ?

(Tue Dec 4th, 2007, by Patricia Stevens)

Malicious Software Infectious prgrams, created with malicious intent have been present from the time softwares came into existence. The biggest one that came in 1999 was called Melissa and caused havoc worldwide was more of a prank , albeit a malicio...

7 Must Know Ways To Prevent Spam

(Tue Dec 4th, 2007, by Timothy Rudon)

Spam is the bane of everyone's existence. Unsolicited mail flooding mail boxes has caused many problems world wide. The widely accepted definition of spam is "electronic communication that contains material of a commercial, solicitational, or illegal...

Learn How to Track an Email Address

(Tue Dec 4th, 2007, by Sophia Munoz)

The email has transformed the world of communication. Just type in your message, press the send button and your email will be delivered at the speed of light. Nothing could be easier. But with the advance of the email comes the risk of receiving mail...

Why is spam still making it to my inbox?

(Tue Nov 27th, 2007, by Andreas Krokene)

Spam is all invasive and is almost impossible to keep out of an email inbox, no matter what filters you use. The only perfectly spam-free inbox is one that is never used! And that's hardly useful, is it. One thing to remember is this: email was never...

What Are The Things You Know About Anti-spam Firewall?

(Tue Nov 27th, 2007, by Marco Maseko)

An anti-spam firewall application will, to an extent, help in keeping viruses at bay. There is, however, no firewall that is 100% hacker proof - there are too many ways in which viruses can be embedded in a software download or regular data, for a fi...

Get To Know More about Spam

(Tue Nov 27th, 2007, by Marco Maseko)

In response to the growing threat from spam, new legislation was enacted in 2003. it was called: Controlling the Assault of Non Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act (CAN-SPAM act). This act created some requirements for all companies who are sendi...

Find Out What Is Phishing & How it Affects People

(Tue Nov 27th, 2007, by Kelly Hunter)

A certain saying claims that crime does not pay but the behavior of the criminals involved in such crimes shows otherwise. You find a number of these criminals involved in different types of crimes of one nature or the other over a long period of tim...