The Anti-Spam Zealots who went to the FTC Spam Forum

(Fri Jun 9th, 2006, by John Calder)

On the three days from April 30 through Friday, May 2, 2003, the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) held a "Spam Forum" in Washington, D.C. According to the FTC website, the purpose of this forum was "to address the proliferation of unsolicited commerc...

How to Protect your PC from Atrocious Spyware in the Cyber Age.

(Fri Jun 9th, 2006, by George Papazoglou)

Wouldn't you be shocked to find that your personal sensitive information, like files, credit card information, operating system / software and other non-disclosed data to be penetrated by unscrupulous prying eyes? Even worse... "Is your computer infe...

Spammers - Where do They Come Up With This Stuff?

(Thu Jun 1st, 2006, by Laurie Rogers)

Lets face it we all get spammed and it drives us nuts! If it were not for folders, I would probably NEVER find my "legitmate" email. I probably do NOT get as much spam as most people do, but when I do get it, boy do I get it! I especially love it whe...

Buried Under a Mountain of Spam

(Wed May 31st, 2006, by Michael Southon)

For years I didn't worry much about spam. But lately it's got out of control. Over half of my email is now spam, and it's growing by the week. Spam is now such a problem that I know people who have had to close down their domain name. This article ...

How NOT To Appear Like A Spammer

(Thu May 25th, 2006, by Dejan Bizinger)

Unless you use the Internet only for surfing and never use your email address you've probably received something that is called spam. There are different definitions for spam but I will say that spam is unsolicited email commercial. Many people harve...

Fighting Spam With Google's Gmail

(Mon May 22nd, 2006, by Spammy)

Spam sucks; there is no doubt about it. There is nothing worse for me than checking my e-mail in the morning before work while trying to enjoy my coffee and what do I see in my Inbox? Nothing but penis enlargement and Viagra ads. As a man I find this...

What Happens To The Spammer?

(Sun May 21st, 2006, by Richard Lowe)

Sometimes it's difficult to understand why spamming is considered one of the most vile sins on the internet. After all, what harm does an extra email or two cause? And even if the spammer is reported or caught, who cares? I mean, what happens to a sp...

Spam Not

(Wed May 17th, 2006, by Mari Peckham)

"Spam not, lest ye be spammed." ~Mari Peckham Just yesterday, I received over 40,000 emails from a person who had harvested a contact email address from one of my websites. The person may or may not have personally secured my email address, but since...

Hacking the Spammers

(Wed May 17th, 2006, by Bob Osgoodby)

I was talking with someone I know who is a real wiz with computers. He was telling me that if someone is persistent enough, they can basically break into any computer. Our service provider was recently attacked and the hackers placed programs in the ...

Are You A Spam Zombie?

(Mon May 15th, 2006, by Niall Roche)

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 l...