Archive for January, 2008

Google Groups Spammed, Spammer Accounts Disabled

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Our beloved Google Groups was hit with some forum spam the other day. A Google Groups thread in the Webmaster Help section reported it back on January 30th. Duncan at TechCrunch reported it a day earlier with his Go To… … Our beloved Google Groups was hit with some…

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Feeling Lucky? Don’t Tell Google

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Search engine spammers have ramped up their efforts to ensnare the unwary using a fake link constructed from the search engine’s direct results feature. … By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek Spammers have found a way to turn Google’s “I’m Feeling Lucky” button into a…

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Switched to Google Apps for Personal Email

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Over the holidays I was testing Google Apps and except for a small false positive spam issue with google alerts … I was really impressed. Google Apps essentially allows you to use all the Google services like email, docs, calendar, etc — but using your own domain (i.e….

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Easy to Forget How Vulnerable Computers Remain

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

With computers becoming so advanced and sophisticated it is easy to forget how vulnerable they remain. Funny enough, it is usually the people who fall short who feel that they are providing their computer with the proper amount of protection. This is typically because…

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NotchUp’s Annoying Opening Act

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

In its quest for members, the new online job search site managed to create a spam snowball and gain a lot of (not always positive) attention … Jim Ambras tried to keep his expectations reasonable. Ambras, a veteran of Web companies including search engine AltaVista,…

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Technology Leader SECNAP Introduces Hosted Spam Solution

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Only Leading Email Security Provider to Offer Appliance-Based and Hosted Service BOCA RATON, Fla., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ — SECNAP(R) Network Security Corporation today announced the addition of an innovative hosted solution to the company’s extensive anti-spam product…

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Spam and Where It Comes From

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

In the society that we live in today people now class all unsolicited email as spam. This includes automatic replies, emails containing viruses and unwanted but legitimate business propositions. … Spam is nearly as old as the Internet and many believe that the problem…

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Spammers dive into Google’s lucky dip

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Feeling phished? Google’s “I’m feeling lucky” button was designed to save web searchers time by automatically opening the first page of a query. It turns out the feature, and similar ones from other search engines, are increasingly helping junk mailers get around anti-spam products.…

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10 tips to avoid spam

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

To fight th growing tide of spam, security software developer McAfee published some suggestions to help prevent your email address from becoming a target. … Spam is a fact of internet life. To fight the spam menace, McAfee published following suggestions Do not post…

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Maybach Financial Group: Spam - in the Can? Focusing on NTN Buzztime, National Lampoon Inc., and…

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

GRANDE BAY, MAURITIUS (MARKET WIRE) Comments made in this release are those of Maybach Financial Group and any questions or comments should be directed to the contact information located at the bottom of this release. … NOTE TO EDITORS: The Following Is an Investment…

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