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With one in six consumers admitting they click on spam, Michael O’Reirdan, chairman of the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) explains why consumers should consider spam as more than just a nuisance and prevent their computers from becoming bots. |
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The good news, MAAWG reports, is that 48 percent of respondents said they'd never opened one of those pitches to make a gajillion dollars from home or buy a new spouse from a former Soviet republic.
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All right, listen up people: We have a problem. I thought we'd resolved this during our talk last year, but it turns out some people out there are still using spam e-mail as their personal shopping mall.
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Three times a year, senior technical officers from companies such as Google, Yahoo, AT&T, Comcast and Verizon meet to discuss ways of stopping the internet from being swamped by rising levels of spam, viruses and hacking attacks by organised criminals. |
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As cybercrime continues to proliferate on the Internet, one industry security group is hoping its work will help stem the tide of spam and scams. |
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