 Antispam News AlertThis newsletter is sponsored by Secure ComputingNetwork World's Anti-spam News Alert, 11/09/07Spammers beg for money in pre-holiday blast, 11/07/07: A new spam campaign has emerged that tells stories of the hard-knock life, and then asks for money. Antispam group targets transactions, not messages, 11/08/07: A father-son team that has dedicated time and energy to fighting spam says that as of today, it has shut down more than 50,000 Web sites that use unwanted messages to lure traffic. Spammers latch on to political subjects, 11/07/07: Ron Paul is hot. Image spam is not. According to Symantec’s Spam Monthly Report issued Monday, presidential hopefuls for the 2008 election are already hot subject-line topics, with Congressman Ron Paul emerging as spammers’ favorite.
Purify lets you filter, trace, report spam, 11/06/07: Hendrickson Software Components has announced the release of Purify, a program that lets you filter, trace and report unsolicited commercial e-mail (spam). It costs $29.95. Salesforce.com falls for phishing scam, warns customers, 11/06/07: Salesforce.com is warning customers that they may be the targets of malicious software or phishing scams, after one of its employees was tricked into divulging a corporate password. Spam the vote: Ron Paul spam surfs into inboxes, 11/05/07: Spam supporting presidential hopeful Ron Paul filled inboxes this week as zombie computers spewed thousands of messages to recipients, according to spam experts. The spam supporting Paul was sent using the same illegal spam methods used to distribute masculinity enhancement products and pump-and-dump penny stock schemes. The Network World IT Buyer's Guides provide comprehensive, detailed information on how to select, test, buy and deploy thousands of network and IT products. The new Network World IT Buyer's Guides offer even more features than before, here's just one that's worth checking out: Messaging Security Editor's note: Starting Tuesday, Nov, 20, the Unified Communications newsletter will be merged with the Antispam News Alert and will be named the "Unified Communications Alert." Subscribers to the HTML version of this newsletter will notice some enhancements that will provide you with access to more resources relevant to unified communications. You will receive Michael Osterman's analysis of this market, which you will be able to read in its entirety online at NetworkWorld.com, along with links to relevant news headlines of the day. We hope you enjoy the enhancements and we thank you for reading Network World newsletters. |
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