25 July 2006
The dangers of spam
Spam has changed drastically in it's function. Originally offering "organ" enlargement or magic cures, spam now is offering free viruses and the such to sit on your computer. Some of these programs can be used to take control of your computer to send more spam or even worse attack computer networks.
The good news is that anti-spam applications are getting better, but the bad news is that the amount of spam being sent is increasing.
For more information I suggest reading this article.
And for those with the time and energy to spend. I'd suggest the possibility of using the spam blockers less and taking action against the spam by reporting it to ISPs. For those who don't know how to use whois to find the information, there is a service from SpamCop.net that allows you to send them the message and message headers and they will pass the spam on to the correct ISP.
The good news is that anti-spam applications are getting better, but the bad news is that the amount of spam being sent is increasing.
For more information I suggest reading this article.
And for those with the time and energy to spend. I'd suggest the possibility of using the spam blockers less and taking action against the spam by reporting it to ISPs. For those who don't know how to use whois to find the information, there is a service from SpamCop.net that allows you to send them the message and message headers and they will pass the spam on to the correct ISP.
