New Program Turns Consumers Into Spam Vigilantes
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Lycos Europe debuted a new weapon in the war against unwanted e-mail Tuesday, by launching a screensaver designed to overload the Web sites featured in spam messages.
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At the risk of breaching Internet civility, Lycos Europe is offering computer-users a weapon against spam-spewing servers: a screen-saver program that automatically hits the offenders with data to slow them down.
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For years, spam haters have relied on junk-mail filters and Internet blacklists, but some are saying it's time for a change in tactics.
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The FDIC on Friday issued an alert about an increasingly common e-mail scam designed to steal personal information and money from millions of unwary consumers.
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Screensaver offers to "spam the spammers," but not everyone is pleased with its message.
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A surprising amount of shoppers are willing to buy from spammers, study finds.
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Software kits make it easy for novice hackers to earn a living by sending out malware-laden spam.
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Internet firm Lycos UK released free screensaver software that allows users to attack spammers using the same mass mailing techniques the spammers themselves use to fill up the worldâs inboxes.
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The FTC weighs the advantages of rewarding people for identifying spammers. It&#39;s a more complex calculation than you might think.
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Blog: A Trojan packed e-mail is targeting businesses under the guise of a Better Business Bureau complaint.
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A new computerized service enables customers to create phony outbound phone numbers in order to mask their telephone identities.
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Online recommendation systems are growing up -- and the spammers, fraudsters and thieves are moving in. By Annalee Newitz from Wired magazine.
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Spammers exploit your Achillesâ heel (or other body part).
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MessageLabs reports a surge in malicious spam aimed at individuals in senior management positions--and their family members.
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At the risk of breaching Internet civility, a European Web portal is offering its visitors a weapon against spam: a screensaver program that tries to choke spam servers by flooding them with junk traffic.
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New service helps companies thwart online scams.
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Spammers have turned to virtual strippers in a bid to defeat security measures on web-based e-mail accounts.