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		<title>What is the Harm with Spam?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 04:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anders Eriksson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today&#8217;s world, it seems that almost any topic is open for debate. While I was gathering facts for this article, I was quite surprised to find some of the issues I thought were settled are actually still being openly discussed. In the early days of the Internet, spam was little more than an irritating [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In today&#8217;s world, it seems that almost any topic is open for debate. While I was gathering facts for this article, I was quite surprised to find some of the issues I thought were settled are actually still being openly discussed.</p>
<p>In the early days of the Internet, spam was little more than an irritating nuisance. However, like every other aspect of the Internet, spam has evolved to become something far more nefarious in nature. </p>
<p>To understand just how big a problem spam has become, it will help to realize the sheer volume of unsolicited junk mail is sent out every day. More than 50% of all the trillions of email that is mailed out is spam. This spam clogs up and wastes bandwidth, especially with the recent advent of image-based spam. It places a huge strain on servers and wastes a huge amount of time and money to deliver millions upon millions of unsolicited  emails to the inboxes of recipients.</p>
<p>Mass Mailing Viruses</p>
<p>Aside from constantly inundating your inbox with unwanted email, spammers now also pose grave threats to the health of your computer</p>
<p>One of these new dangerous aspects of spam are that illicit senders can now manipulate your email addresses, and make it seem to the rest of the world that the spam that is sent is coming from your personal computer or domain. This may result in your service provider blocking your Internet connection, or terminating your account. And all of it can be done without any knowledge on your part. It can easily be made to seem that you are an actor in a malicious mail campaign when in fact you are an unwitting actor at best.</p>
<p>The more authentic information about Spam Protection you know, the more likely people are to consider you a Spam Protection expert. Read on for even more Spam Protection facts that you can share.</p>
<p>AVF</p>
<p>Email is the most common vehicle of choice for spreading viruses, and for hackers to get into your computer system. There is an increasing amount of this type of spam being mailed out of late. These small programs can be used in myriad harmful ways, including crashing your own system, crashing that of the parties you email or keystroke logging to gather your personal information.</p>
<p>Another insidious tactic that the spammers employ is called &#8220;Phishing.&#8221; It involves the spammer sending out junk email that is specifically designed to look like it is from a reputable, legitimate source such as a reputable company like ebay or paypal. This spam utilizes the company&#8217;s logo and official graphics. </p>
<p>The purpose of this type of spam is to get your personal and financial information. Often it will fraudulently send you to web sites where this information regarding email, finances, bank accounts or other personal info is gathered and used in illegal ways. Very often, the spammers will combine methods, spamming their victims with virus-laden software, phishing and other schemes that take spam to a whole new level of illicit, criminal activity.</p>
<p>A 2006 study by Consumer Reports estimated that in two years, Americans spent more than $7 billion on repairs and parts replacement resulting from viruses, malware and spyware. This does not take into account the cost to the Internet Providers who have to pay for all the bandwidth taken up by the spammers junk, or the cost in time, money and productivity to businesses that have to sort through all the spam.</p>
<p>Spam is no longer harmless, silly, or simply annoying. It is increasingly harmful and we need to protect against it.   </p>
<p>Is there really any information about Spam Protection that is nonessential? We all see things from different angles, so something relatively insignificant to one may be crucial to another.</p>
<p>About the Author<br />
By Anders Eriksson, proud owner of this top ranked web hosting reseller site: <a href="http://www.team-gvo.com"><b>GVO</b></a></p>
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		<title>What Can an Anti-spam Firewall Do For You?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 23:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anders Eriksson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine the next time you join a discussion about Spam Protection. When you start sharing the fascinating Spam Protection facts below, your friends will be absolutely amazed. Today, the Internet is reminiscent of the wildest days of the Wild, Wild, West. Your stagecoach through the World Wide Web can be hijacked at any instant if [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Imagine the next time you join a discussion about Spam Protection. When you start sharing the fascinating Spam Protection facts below, your friends will be absolutely amazed.</p>
<p>Today, the Internet is reminiscent of the wildest days of the Wild, Wild, West. Your stagecoach through the World Wide Web can be hijacked at any instant if you have no knight in firewall armor to ward off any viral intruders. When your computer is connected to the internet with no firewall running, it is vulnerable to attack from spammers, hackers and phishers. </p>
<p>Much like human viruses, computer viruses run the gamut from the benign to the fatally destructive to the computers they infect. And just as with human viruses, prevention is better than cure. Prevention begins by stopping them in their tracks at the portals of contact.  This is where a firewall can come in handy.</p>
<p>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 &#8211; there are too many ways in which viruses can be embedded in a software download or regular data, for a firewall to detect and catch them all. However there are some relatively effective firewall programs available on the market, and some of them are actually free for your personal use.</p>
<p>The information about Spam Protection presented here will do one of two things: either it will reinforce what you know about Spam Protection or it will teach you something new. Both are good outcomes.</p>
<p>At the bare minimum a home personal computer that is connected to a cable modem or a full time connection needs to have and run a personal firewall software program, as well as anti-spyware and some type of anti-viral program.</p>
<p>The ideal firewall will hide the ports that a hacker might use to gain access to your PC and protect your home PC from attacks, as well as track those attempted entries and prohibit unauthorized access or output from your computer. Two-way firewalls are the best as they block the threats that are incoming OR outgoing, to prevent things such s virus, Trojans or malware from being installed without you knowing it.</p>
<p>Windows XP, as well as the new Vista have a personal firewall built into the operating system that is by default turned on. Because it monitors and offers popup warnings many people turn it off, and leave themselves remarkably vulnerable to attack. The Windows firewall default of &#8220;on&#8221; should be maintained until and unless you find another software or hardware firewall to protect your system.</p>
<p>Some good freeware anti-viral and firewall software programs are available, such as Zone Alarm and Zone Alarm Pro. AVG also comes in a free as well as a pro version.Neither of these programs comes with adware attached and they are very good solutions to begin to address your internet security.</p>
<p>You will need good anti-virus programs to go after any viruses that may inevitably bypass your firewall. It should be programmed to either quarantine or, preferably, destroy them. Last but certainly not least, it is essential to always keep your anti-viral and firewall programs up to date with the newest patches and security updates. Most viruses target your C: drive, so scan it daily. And never, ever open any unsolicited emails or the attachments that come with them. </p>
<p>It never hurts to be well-informed with the latest on Spam Protection. Compare what you&#8217;ve learned here to future articles so that you can stay alert to changes in the area of Spam Protection. </p>
<p>About the Author<br />
By Anders Eriksson, proud owner of this top ranked web hosting reseller site: <a href="http://www.team-gvo.com"><b>GVO</b></a></p>
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		<title>Whitelists &#8211; The Ultimate in Spam Protection</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 04:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anders Eriksson</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whitelists are quite possibly the single most effective form of spam protection available on the market today.  They are as close as you can get to totally eliminating spam from your inbox.</p>
<p>A whitelist is a database of trusted email addresses, IP addresses and domains. To build the list, each one of these trusted sources is manually added to the whitelist. Only email from a whitelisted source is delivered to the user&#8217;s inbox. In fact, whitelists are so effective, that the catch-rate for spam is almost 100%. </p>
<p>However, the efficiency of whitelists comes at a price, because it produces a large number of false positives. This means that a lot of legitimate email goes undelivered. To deal with this problem, a challenge-response technique is often instituted. </p>
<p>When an email from an unknown source is received, the system will respond automatically, sending a &#8220;challenge&#8221; back to the sender. This challenge may require the sender to answer certain questions, or decipher an image that displays a series of letters and numbers. This image can only be deciphered by a human, and not by spamming software. Once this is successfully done, the email is allowed to go through the system to the inbox. The sender is also added to the whitelist. The challenge-response methodology uses a combination of human judgment and software technology to determine which email to let through and which to block. </p>
<p>Knowledge can give you a real advantage. To make sure you&#8217;re fully informed about Spam Protection, keep reading.</p>
<p>The advantage of this method is that it is not worth it to spammers to wade through all the challenge-response emails and respond to them. They are more likely to remove the email address from their lists and go after other addresses that do not have such requirements. However, the inconvenience of having to register to send email to the whitelist user may discourage legitimate email senders from following through.</p>
<p>Another impractical aspect of whitelists arises when the email account user places an online order, registers for a newsletter or other service. Each of these new email sources must be manually added to the white list. If the user forgets to do this, or enters it incorrectly, important email may be blocked. </p>
<p>Whitelists are far more effective than anti-spam filters, because the latter work by calculating the probability that if an email contains particular words, it is likely to be spam. However, spammers easily get around this feature simply by misspelling words, or by avoiding words associated with spam. For this reason, spam filters are usually only 80-90% successful. This may be acceptable on a personal account, but not on a business account that likely receives over a hundred emails a day.</p>
<p>Whitelists are especially beneficial to businesses as they almost totally eliminate the waste of valuable time that would otherwise be spent wading through the hundreds of spam that are received each day. However, despite their effectiveness in blocking spam, whitelists have not gained widespread use because of the high rate of false positives. It is also virtually impossible for businesses to compile an exhaustive whitelist database of trusted email sources.  </p>
<p>About the Author<br />
By Anders Eriksson, proud owner of this top ranked web hosting reseller site: <a href="http://www.team-gvo.com"><b>GVO</b></a></p>
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		<title>Top 5 Myths About Phishing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anders Eriksson</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The only way to keep up with the latest about Spam Protection is to constantly stay on the lookout for new information. If you read everything you find about Spam Protection, it won&#8217;t take long for you to become an influential authority.</p>
<p>There are several myths and misconceptions that abound when it comes to Phishing. These are the top 5 most common ones:</p>
<p>Myth #1</p>
<p>Anti-spam software can detect phishing email</p>
<p>While anti-phishing and spam filters can decrease the number of phising emails that get into your inbox, they are not 100% effective. Whenever anti-phishing technology keeps improving, the phishers are always devising ways to get around them. It truly is a cat-and-mouse game.</p>
<p>Secondly, because spam email and phishing email are different (phishing email spoofs a legitimate business), a different set of rules and criteria are required to detect the phisher.</p>
<p>Myth #2</p>
<p>As long as I don&#8217;t give my password and user-name, I won&#8217;t be Phished</p>
<p>Phishers are getting increasingly sophisticated. They now employ several variations on the original spoofed email that once requested your password and user-name.</p>
<p>They will, for example, instruct you to click on a link so as to update your information at a website. If you do click on the link, malware such as a keylogger or syware wil be downloaded to your computer.<br />
The link may take you to a spoofed website, but it may also link you to the actual website of the legitimate business. Once there, a pop-up or overlay is activated, directing you to log in. You will probably be unaware that your access information has been compromised. </p>
<p>Myth #3</p>
<p>It seems like new information is discovered about something every day. And the topic of Spam Protection is no exception. Keep reading to get more fresh news about Spam Protection.</p>
<p>Most Phishing attacks originate from outside </p>
<p>With all the time and effort that has been poured into the Nigerian 419 spam scams, it is commonly assumed that phishing originates from emerging countries outside America. However, a study by Symantec shows that the majority of phishing attacks actually originate within the U.S. </p>
<p>Myth #4</p>
<p>Phishing is a problem that we can solve by educating users </p>
<p>This is not true. There are various ways the phisher can camouflage an IP address. In fact, a large proportion of phishing attacks are enabled through common misconfigurations in a web application. Phishers can manipulate internet technology to redirect you from a real and legitimate website, in such a way that although the original web address points to this real web site you are taken to the phisher&#8217;s web site.</p>
<p>As the incidents of phishing and identity theft have increased, people have become more aware, and better able to identify phishing emails. The percentage of phishing victims has gone down. However, even though users are getting better educated and informed about phishing, there is always still a chance that someone will mistake a well-crafted phishing email for the real thing. </p>
<p>Myth #5</p>
<p>I will know one when I see one</p>
<p>This is another misconception regarding phishing, and a potentially dangerous one at that, especially in our digital world. With all the time, talent and technology available to them, these cyber crooks have more than ample resources to create and execute increasingly realistic email spam, web site spoofs or other electronic means by which to scam you out of your confidential financial data and wreak havoc on your financial affairs.</p>
<p>Vigilance is, in fact, your number one protection against the phisher&#8217;s hook.  Underestimating the phishers may cost you.</p>
<p>About the Author<br />
By Anders Eriksson, feel free to visit his top ranked GVO affiliate site: <a href="http://www.team-gvo.com"><b>GVO</b></a></p>
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		<title>Top 5 Techniques to Protect Yourself From Spam</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2010 04:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anders Eriksson</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The only way to keep up with the latest about Spam Protection is to constantly stay on the lookout for new information. If you read everything you find about Spam Protection, it won&#8217;t take long for you to become an influential authority.</p>
<p>It is virtually impossible to avoid having your email address end up on a spammer&#8217;s mailing list. You can, however, take steps to minimize the amount of spam that you receive. Here are to top five:</p>
<p>Address Munging</p>
<p>Never, ever post your permanent email address publicly online. Posting it on a website, on USENET, or in a guest book, for example, virtually guarantees that it will end up on a spammer&#8217;s emailing list.</p>
<p>If you absolutely have to supply an address, or regularly participate in online forums but do not want further communication, camouflage your address in some way. You can, for example, disguise your address by writing it in such a way that humans can read it, but the spammers automated programs cannot.</p>
<p>Example: instead of JaneDoe@ISP.com, add a blank space before and after the &#8220;@&#8221; sign, or use characters e.g. JaneDoe at ISP dot com.</p>
<p>This is reffered to as &#8220;address munging&#8221;. While address munging does not allow for a regular, clickable email link, anyone who really wants to contact you will figure it out the proper address.  </p>
<p>If you have a website, provide a feedback form instead of giving your email address.</p>
<p>Sign up for an Alternative Email Addresses</p>
<p>Do not use your primary email address when placing an online order, getting a free download, or want to sign up for a newsletter or free service Get a secondary email address that you can use in these instances. You can open a free email account for this purpose. Email providers such as GMail and yahoo offer this free email service.</p>
<p>The information about Spam Protection presented here will do one of two things: either it will reinforce what you know about Spam Protection or it will teach you something new. Both are good outcomes.</p>
<p>Reserve this email address specifically for this online activity &#8211; do not offer it to people from whom you want to receive email, as this will likely be lost in the deluge of junk mail. </p>
<p>Also, be sure to log into this account on a regular basis to delete the junk mail and avoid having the account closed. If you get over-spammed, just close this account and open a new one.</p>
<p>Choose an email address that cannot be easily guessed at. One method used by spammers to get email address is to generate a list of likely email addresses based on a combination of first names, last names and commonly used words. They may, for example build an emailing list that has variations of an address like JoelDoe1@hotmail.com, JoelDoe2@hotmail.com etc.<br />
You can foil this spammer&#8217;s tactic by using a relatively long email address, for example 8 or more characters long. You should also avoid choosing email addresses that include either of your names. Use your initials instead, in combination with numbers, e.g. jtd1509@yahoo.com.</p>
<p>Beware the Phisher Spam</p>
<p>Phishing is a tactic used by spammers to scam you into giving up vital personal and financial information. Its sole purpose is identity theft.</p>
<p>Never divulge any personal or financial information that is requested in an email. Your bank or credit card company would never ask you to confirm or update your personal information via an email or a link in an email. Any such emails should be reported to the bank or credit card company. Never, ever click on any links in this type of spam. </p>
<p>Get a spam filter or spam blocker </p>
<p>Stop the spam dead in its tracks before it ever makes it into your inbox. Well, most of it at least. Though they are not 100% effective, anti-spam software will keep most of it out. Even if you only use the internet a spam filter will help protect you from spam.</p>
<p>About the Author<br />
By Anders Eriksson, feel free to visit his top ranked GVO affiliate site: <a href="http://www.team-gvo.com"><b>GVO</b></a></p>
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		<title>Spam Protection &#8211; Know Thy Enemy: Viruses and Malware, Trojans and Adware</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 22:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anders Eriksson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re seriously interested in knowing about Spam Protection, you need to think beyond the basics. This informative article takes a closer look at things you need to know about Spam Protection. It has become increasingly common for spam to contain malicious programs or software that can be harmful to both your computer. The purpose [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you&#8217;re seriously interested in knowing about Spam Protection, you need to think beyond the basics. This informative article takes a closer look at things you need to know about Spam Protection.</p>
<p>It has become increasingly common for spam to contain malicious programs or software that can be harmful to both your computer. The purpose of these small, malicious is to perform unauthorized, usually harmful, actions, when they self-install into your computer system, and infect your programs and files. They are commonly spread by e-mail, in the form of cleverly disguised attachments that trick you into clicking on them. </p>
<p>The most common of these programs are: Viruses, Trojan Horses, Malware and Adware. Knowing what they are and how they work will help you better protect yourself from malicious spam.</p>
<p>Viruses</p>
<p>A is a computer program that is specifically created to replicate itself and to infect a computer system without permission or even knowledge of the user. Viruses come in several varieties including:</p>
<p>The Boot Sector Virus </p>
<p>This virus will infect the root-most part of your computer hard drive, called the boot sector. This is what is used to start up your computer.</p>
<p>This type virus can prevent your computer from starting and may even force a hard drive format, causing you to lose all of the information on your computer in one fell swoop.</p>
<p>The Program Virus</p>
<p>This is an executable file. It becomes active when the program it has infected is run. When it is activated, it will infect other programs on your hard drive, disabling them.</p>
<p>The Macro Virus</p>
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<p>The third type of virus specifically targets documents such as Microsoft word. It is activated when the infected document it has infected is run. One action it may perform, for example, is to erase dates in your documents as well as other areas of the computer.</p>
<p>Malware</p>
<p>The term &#8220;malware&#8221; is short for malicious software. It is a type of program that propagates on your hard drive and can create untold problems when it does so. Malware may install a program that you did not want, or ask for. When it does so, it will use up many of your computer&#8217;s system resources, effectively slowing it to a near standstill.</p>
<p>Trojan Horse</p>
<p>Much like its Greek namesake, the Trojan horse program is a seemingly harmless and innocuous application or file, but it contains harmful, malicious code and, when installed, can wreak havoc on your computer system. This program often runs undetected, giving the hacker access to your computer system and, for example, your personal information such as saved passwords and bank account numbers. The hacker is also able to display messages on your computer screen.  </p>
<p>Adware</p>
<p>While not necessarily malware, but adware can be used for malicious purposes. Adware goes above and beyond what is reasonable advertising. It is adware, in fact what has given a bad name to some otherwise incredible free software that may actually be very beneficial to you. </p>
<p>It generates popups or other annoying advertising that can in fact freeze or lock your computer. In many cases, the adware is difficult if not impossible for the regular user to remove, disable or even detect.</p>
<p>In addition to displaying ads for the original advertiser, adware may log your whereabouts on the internet and send user information back to the spammy ad company about your computer use without asking for your permission to do so.</p>
<p>Spam is not always the most harmful thing you will find in your inbox; it is the attachments that come with spam that can really devastate your computer system. It is crucial that you do not open attachments in unsolicited email.</p>
<p>About the Author<br />
By Anders Eriksson, feel free to visit his top ranked GVO affiliate site: <a href="http://www.team-gvo.com"><b>GVO</b></a></p>
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		<title>Top Ten Tricks of the Spammer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2010 10:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anders Eriksson</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You should be able to find several indispensable facts about Spam Protection in the following paragraphs. If there&#8217;s at least one fact you didn&#8217;t know before, imagine the difference it might make.</p>
<p>The spammer&#8217;s most fervent hope is that you are ignorant of the tricks and tactics used to spam your inbox. Learning the spammer&#8217;s nefarious ways is your best protection against spam.</p>
<p>Manipulating Text:</p>
<p>This is one of the most commonly used spamming techniques. Spammers will manipulate the text in the email, to foil the anti-spam filters. They may, for example, deliberately misspell some words: &#8220;M0rtg4ge&#8221; for example. They may add characters or spaces to words in the email header, to make the email seem unique from other email. Like this: X_A_N_A_X Here&#8217;s an example, . They may also insert random strings of text within the email. </p>
<p>Chain Letters:</p>
<p>Spammers may send out chain letter instructing you to forward the email to your friends and family. To entice you to do so, it may claim that forwarding it will bring good luck. This spam may carry viruses or a Trojan horse, which is sent along to anyone you forward the email to.</p>
<p>Image-based Spam:</p>
<p>The spammer sends out spam that contains an image in GIF format. This image bears the spammy message. Image-based spam is effective in by-passing spam filters because they are generally text-based.</p>
<p>Dictionary attacks:</p>
<p>This is a technique used by the spammers to find email addresses that they can spam. It involves trying random combinations of common names and words, and using these to making up email addresses, e.g. JaneDoe@YourISP.com, JDoe@YourISP.com, JaneDoe1@YourISP.com. The spammer will then send out junk email to the different variations of these addresses in the hope that some of it will go through, </p>
<p>Spammers tend to direct the dictionary attacks at the large email companies, which have a large number of customers.  </p>
<p>You may not consider everything you just read to be crucial information about Spam Protection. But don&#8217;t be surprised if you find yourself recalling and using this very information in the next few days.</p>
<p>Email spoofing:</p>
<p>Email spoofing involves the use of a fake email header that is written to make it look like someone other than the spammer sent the email. Very often, the spammer will make it look like the email came from a credible source such as your bank or yahoo, and try to get you to reply with personal information such as a password, social security number or credit card number. This technique is widely used because it is easy to do, and tends to catch the recipients off guard.</p>
<p>JavaScript:</p>
<p>The spammer can use Javascript that will ensure that the spam is only visible when the email is loaded. This type of spam can only be prevented using anti-spam software that decodes or blocks the java script.</p>
<p>Social engineering:</p>
<p>This spammer ploy attempts to fool the recipient into reading the junk email by pretending to be an acquaintance. It involves a junk email that has a &#8220;personal&#8221; subject line, such as &#8220;I&#8217;m leaving tomorrow,&#8221; &#8220;I got your message&#8221; or &#8220;Let&#8217;s meet again&#8221;. </p>
<p>Mining message boards and chat rooms:</p>
<p>When you post a message to a message board or chat room and leave your email address, automated programs called spambots will find your address and add it to the spammer&#8217;s mailing list. Much like a listed phone number in the telephone directory, leaving your email at these types of websites makes it public information. </p>
<p>Web beacons:</p>
<p>A web beacon, also called an &#8220;invisible GIF,&#8221; is an image sent out with spam that is invisible to the recipient. When the email is opened, the spammer will be alerted that your email address is &#8220;live.&#8221;</p>
<p>Open proxy, 3rd-party servers:</p>
<p>An open proxy is a third-party server that enables the spammers to camouflage their real identities as well as their Internet locations, when they send out their junk mail. Many spammers use these open proxy servers to help maintain their anonymity. </p>
<p>About the Author<br />
By Anders Eriksson, feel free to visit his top ranked GVO affiliate site: <a href="http://www.team-gvo.com"><b>GVO</b></a></p>
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		<title>A Brief History of Spam</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 03:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the early days of the Internet, spammers primarily targeted newsgroups on USENET, the online conferencing system. These are newsgroups that are organized as forums to discuss particular topics. As electronic messaging systems advanced, it made possible the practice of crossposting &#8211; posting the exact same message to multiple newsgroups and other online forums. </p>
<p>Spammers were quick to adopt crossposting as a tool of their trade. Now, they could send the same electronic message to thousands of newsgroup members at the one time. Not only could they target a larger audience with one posting, but they also did not have to differentiate between the interests and focus of the individual forums that they targeted. What&#8217;s more it cost them next to nothing to spam these newsgroups.</p>
<p>As email became an increasingly widespread mode of communication, the spammers shifted their focus the massive audience that it made available to them. Mass emailing software soon became another essential tool of their trade, as they begun to use this application to send junk email to thousands upon thousands of unwilling recipients.</p>
<p>The spam industry also adapted the available Internet technology to create the &#8220;spambot&#8221;. A spambot is an automated program that will rove the Internet, &#8220;harvesting&#8221; email addresses from newsgroup postings and from other websites. It literally gathers thousands of email addresses in a single hour. These are compiled into bulk mailing lists with which the spammers can thousands of victims at a time. </p>
<p>If your Spam Protection facts are out-of-date, how will that affect your actions and decisions? Make certain you don&#8217;t let important Spam Protection information slip by you.</p>
<p>The practice of sending out unsolicited, unwanted junk email and junk postings came to be called &#8220;spam.&#8221; The term is commonly believed to have been derived from a British comedy skit by Monty Python, in which a restaurant serves each meal with a side of spam. As a waitress emphasizes to a couple the availability of spam with every dish, a group of Viking patrons break out in song, singing &#8220;SPAM, SPAM, SPAM&#8230; lovely SPAM! wonderful SPAM!&#8221; in a loud chorus. In the 80&#8242;s, the term was adopted to refer to the junk emails and postings, and the name stuck.</p>
<p>The earliest, most widely known incident of commercial spamming dates back to 1994. It involved two lawyers who spammed USENET to advertise their services as immigration lawyers. They later expanded their marketing efforts to include email spam. The incident is commonly referred to as the &#8220;Green Card Spam.&#8221; </p>
<p>This nefarious industry has since grown in leaps and bounds. Today, more than half of the trillion-plus emails that are sent and received are spam. Initially, spam was generally advertising-related email. In more recent years, however, a particularly nasty crop of spammers has emerged, who send out their spam with nothing less than malicious and/or criminal intent. Some send out spam that contains viruses or malicious code. Others devise scams intended to defraud you of your money. And then there are those whose focus is identity theft. </p>
<p>Benign or malicious, commercial or criminal &#8211; spam has transformed the way we communicate electronically, and will continue to do so well into the near future and very likely beyond. Spam has become a regular, albeit unwanted, fact of online life.</p>
<p>Knowing enough about Spam Protection to make solid, informed choices cuts down on the fear factor. If you apply what you&#8217;ve just learned about Spam Protection, you should have nothing to worry about.</p>
<p>About the Author<br />
By Anders Eriksson, feel free to visit his top ranked GVO affiliate site: <a href="http://www.team-gvo.com"><b>GVO</b></a></p>
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		<title>How to Report Spam Abuse</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 01:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The following article lists some simple, informative tips that will help you have a better experience with Spam Protection.</p>
<p>Spam is as prolific as the leaves on the trees and because there are so many kinds of it, it is a challenge to find the right site or organization to report spam to.<br />
Each type of spam will violate the law in one way or another and each can be prosecuted if it can be proven.</p>
<p>Saving and sending the entire email header is an important step in reporting spam. The header of every email you receive will contain information on the full chain of computers through which the email passed in order to get to you. Generally, most email will pass through at least four computers: The spammer&#8217;s computer, the spammer&#8217;s ISP, your ISP and finally your computer. This is the most reliable way for an anti-spam service to track down the spammer&#8217;s ISP because the spammer will camouflage the &#8220;from&#8221; address.</p>
<p>As the email passes through each computer, information is added to the header indicating who the mail came from, as well as where they are sending it. While this header information will seem complicated, you just need to make note of the originating ISP, which will be easy to recognize. For example, if you receive your mail through AOL and you note &#8220;yahoo&#8221; in the string of information, then you will know to report the spam to yahoo. </p>
<p>To read the information in the email header, just right click on the email, choose properties and then either &#8220;options&#8221; or &#8220;header&#8221; depending on your email program. Then cut and paste the header path in its entirety, into the body of the email. Finally, forward the spam email first, to the spammer&#8217;s ISP, and then next to spam reporting agencies </p>
<p>You should also forward the spam to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). You can do this at the website: uce@ftc.gov. While the FTC will not take action on individual incidents, they will add the spam to a database reffered to as UCE (unsolicited commercial email)</p>
<p>The information about Spam Protection presented here will do one of two things: either it will reinforce what you know about Spam Protection or it will teach you something new. Both are good outcomes.</p>
<p>A common spam scam you may come across is called a &#8220;419 Scam&#8221;, or the Nigerian Advance Fee Fraud. These spam emails generally relates a tale of woe &#8211; a death in the family and a huge inheritance that the sender needs your (financial) help to claim. As improbable as it sounds, many people have fallen for this scam and millions of dollars have been defrauded from them. Fax a copy of this spam along with the header information to the United States Secret Service.</p>
<p>Here is a list of the agencies you may report spam to, along with the type of email they can handle or will deal with.</p>
<p>The Federal Trade Commission (FTC).<br />
www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/spam/ &#8211; This site offers you information about the law enforcement actions that have been taken against deceptive mailers and companies and those who do not honor opt-out requests from email recipients..</p>
<p>www.spamabuse.org<br />
This is a third party reporting agency.</p>
<p>www.spamcop.net<br />
Another third party agency which will report spam on your behalf to the relevant anti-spam agency.</p>
<p>For stock fraud, email the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) at enforcement@sec.gov . They are prosecuting however they are only able to deal with fraud in email that has to do with stocks and bonds.</p>
<p>About the Author<br />
By Anders Eriksson, feel free to visit his top ranked GVO affiliate site: <a href="http://www.team-gvo.com"><b>GVO</b></a></p>
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		<title>Protect your Kids from Spam</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You should be able to find several indispensable facts about Spam Protection in the following paragraphs. If there&#8217;s at least one fact you didn&#8217;t know before, imagine the difference it might make.</p>
<p>Spam is commercial email that is sent out in bulk to millions of people without their consent. It is may contain advertising messages for regular products and services but increasingly, it is email of an inappropriate, offensive or malicious nature. </p>
<p>Today, many children have an email address that they use to email their friends, submit homework, etc. It is a fun, inexpensive and instant way to keep in touch. However, as the volume of spam keeps rising, the need to protect children from the dangers of spam is a growing concern.</p>
<p>Like all other Internet users, children are just as susceptible to receiving spam as are adults. And because spam is an equal opportunity menace, kids are just as likely to receive spam that contains adult and pornographic material. While there is really no way to totally eliminate the possibility of your kids receiving spam, there are steps you can take to minimize it. Here are a few:</p>
<p>Here are a few tips to help protect your kids from spam</p>
<p>Email Filters</p>
<p>Your email service comes with email filters built in. You can use these to filter your child&#8217;s email into specific folders, and filter spam into the trash folder. This involves setting up rules that your email program will follow in determining what action to take on incoming messages: to let it through to the inbox, send it to trash or to block the sender. </p>
<p>Your email spam filter program will apply these rules based on certain words in the subject line or body of the email. For example, if an email contains the word &#8220;viagra,&#8221; it will be sent directly to the trash and the sender blocked.</p>
<p>Sometimes the most important aspects of a subject are not immediately obvious. Keep reading to get the complete picture.</p>
<p>Spam Blocker</p>
<p>Your email service may also come with a spam blocker. If it does not, it may be worth your while to invest in one for your child&#8217;s computer. Where-as your email filter filters incoming email into folders, the spam blocker blocks spam from going through the system. It checks your mail server every 10 minutes, where it deletes the spam and destroys any viruses it finds.  Legitimate email is let on the server and downloads to the inbox when you log in.   </p>
<p>Whitelists</p>
<p>Set up an email account for your child that &#8220;whitelists&#8221; only specific email addresses. A whitelist is just a list of trusted and approved email addresses. For example, you can have the addresses of your child&#8217;s grandparents, aunts and uncles whitelisted. Whenever email is received from any of the whitelisted addresses, it goes directly to your child&#8217;s inbox. All other email addresses are blocked.</p>
<p>Monitor, Monitor, Monitor</p>
<p>Be sure to log into your child&#8217;s email account on a regular basis to monitor the incoming and outgoing messages, and to ensure that the spam filter and spam block are working appropriately.<br />
Using your email spam filter, you can set up a rule that will ensure that a copy of every email that is sent and received on your child&#8217;s account is forwarded to your own email address</p>
<p>It is very important to educate your children on the dangers of spam and how to handle it if they do receive any in their inbox.</p>
<p>Those who only know one or two facts about Spam Protection can be confused by misleading information. The best way to help those who are misled is to gently correct them with the truths you&#8217;re learning here.</p>
<p>About the Author<br />
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