New forms of SPAM, attachments embedded in PDF format and different types of images, take weeks flooding SMTP traffic networks on the Internet. The spam, using these techniques to conceal, sometimes manage to overcome the analysis and control rules, causing a gradual increase in spam received in our inbox.

To combat this new form of SPAM, SDIC has long been trying different combinations of rules for Custom UC3M AntiSpam Service, available for activation on demand by both PAS / PDI as PUPILS. Read the rest of this entry »

Spam has reached epidemic levels. While many Internet access providers, have been compelled to fight with anti-spam email filter.

Therefore, many honest marketers are being trapped and injured, although they have been ne the intended recipients of the anti spam.

With our monitoring system, anti spam, you can know exactly how to reduce the appearance of spam from your magazine or promotional email.

And as a result of it, you will know that their e-mail and electronic journals will be go directly to the inboxes of their customers and affiliates and not waste trash because of the anti spam … Read the rest of this entry »

Many people identify sending mass email to spam. The word “spam” formerly used to identify the sending out of context to the discussion groups, but now the term has expanded its meaning and is used to denote “any unsolicited email” or “any email sent people who have not already requested. ” And Internet service providers are increasingly taking steps to protect themselves from spam by anti-spam programs, anti spam programs and these can be hazardous to your business, if you plan to use the bulk sending of email as a tool promotion.

If people who receive their unsolicited email, complain to your Internet service provider (ISP), or the company that hosts your website (your web server), you may end up losing both. This means your website will be closed and you lose all Internet connectivity. Read the rest of this entry »

“The scale and effect suggests that spam is a type of information security problem. It has many properties in common with denial-of-service and network intrusion. Spam is an unauthorized use of resources: bandwidth, storage, processing and people’s time.”

Paul Judge

30% of e-mail is spam
Spam exceeded normal e-mail in July 2003
Most annoying spams purport to carry free passwords to sex sites

Sources: Surf Control and Messagelabs

- Spam top 10:

1) Free adult site passwords
2) Low price drugs (Viagra)
3) Refinance your mortgage
4) Nigerian confidential money transfer
5) Tiny remote control car
6) Best online casino
7) #1 Pasta pot
Get out of credit card debt
9) Meet singles in your area
10) Copy DVDs in one click

I have found four different types of spammers:

1) Stupid: (all of they are but…) they post dozens of links in the same comment (even images), in addition they can post the same comment many times. They copy & paste the same html code.

2) Moderate: they post very simple comments like “nice blog” or “very interesting article”. They use the keyword (viagra,phentermine) as the name, this way they get high google rankings with the text links. They fail in the keyword as the name, do you know someone with viagra as his real name?. Also the url is another key to catch them! Read the rest of this entry »

Every day, millions of people receive dozens of unsolicited commercial e-mails (UCE), known popularly as “spam.” Some users see spam as a minor annoyance, while others are so overwhelmed with spam that they are forced to switch e-mail addresses. This has led many Internet users to wonder: How did these people get my e-mail address.

CDT embarked on a project to attempt to determine the source of spam. To do so, we set up hundreds of different e-mail addresses, used them for a single purpose, and then waited six months to see what kind of mail those addresses were receiving. It should come as no surprise to most e-mail users that many of the addresses CDT created for this study attracted spam, but it is very interesting to see the different ways that e-mail addresses attracted spam ? and the different volumes ? depending on where the e-mail addresses were used.

The results offer Internet users insights about what online behavior results in the most spam. The results also debunk some of the myths about spam. Read the rest of this entry »

“Spam” is the term for unsolicited commercial bulk email, this which started out a very small nuisance on the internet has grown to become something that plagues people every time they check their inbox. This spam fills up inboxes with unsolicited mail for services that no one could ever want. They cost time and money to those that receive them and the cost to the email servers and internet service providers (ISP’s) in then passed on to the consumers in the form of higher bills. Measures have been taken to put and end to this scourge and to prevent future spammers from arising.

Spam is an ineffective way to advertise as it provides people with information about products and services that likely are of use to no one. Many spammers are unaware of what they are doing and have probably been duped into some kind of “Get-Rich-Quick” scheme. In a article about the commercial uses of spam (from Alchemy Mindworks) it was explained the reason that people spam and how they might be unaware of the damage they are causing:

The most prevalent sort of junk e-mail is commercial advertising. Judging by the content of most of these messages, their perpetrators have all just signed up with an Internet access provider, and were given complimentary copies of one of the many “How to Make Lots of Money on the Internet” books. Some of them are genuinely inconsiderate of the rights of other users of the net ? the bulk of them, however, are merely confused, deluded and ignorant. Read the rest of this entry »