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    Out of the top five search engines, Yahoo returns the riskiest sites for users, according to security vendor McAfee

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    Spammers have started using Microsoft's MSN blogging service to host malicious content used during spam and virus onslaughts, Internet security firm SurfControl said.

  • Yahoo sets up spam roadblock

    In an attempt to block spammers, Yahoo has put into action a controversial technique to help its e-mail service distinguish between human beings and junk-mail-sending software robots.

  • Yahoo! and Hotmail allow spam

    Two-faced: The free email services that act anti-spam are secretly hand-in-hand with the marketers - offering to block junk email while they help advertisers push promotions into customers' in-boxes.

  • Spam and security's silver bullet not so shiny

    Have you heard the news? The spam problem has been solved by a new type of mail architecture, and hackers are a thing of the past! A software vendor has released software that can block attack types that haven't even been invented yet, and foil spam techniques that won't even been thought of until 2015. Really.

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    Abuse of IM can cripple workforce productivity, and even more serious is SPIM -- spam sent through instant messaging -- which is growing like a virus.

  • Search engines reveal privacy policies

    Discovering how your favourite search engine protects your privacy is not an easy task, despite recent moves from the major players to make policies more transparent.

  • Google's fraud squad battles phantom clicks

    Google and others are under scrutiny as advertisers fret about phony clicks.

  • One giant step against spam

    For almost two years, I've argued for a non-proprietary, interoperable, freely deployable anti-spam standard, even as every spam-fighting solution I've seen has failed to pass muster. Until now.

  • How to slam spam

    If we're losing the battle against spam, how can we win the war? In this special report, ZDNet Australia presents a comprehensive resource centre for IT professionals battling spam.

Reviews (7)

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    We take a look at four top chat apps, all of them free, and weigh the relative merits of each.

  • The Google gods

    Does the power of the world's most popular search engine pose a threat to the Web's independence?

  • Tech Guide: Software on the cheap

    Fed up with paying through the nose for programs? Need to repopulate a system with applications following a disaster? You need our guide to free and low-cost software.

  • Windows Live Hotmail

    Drag-and-drop message organisation and a built-in MP3 player are among the notable new features to this radical overhaul of Hotmail.

  • New IE may burst pop-up bubble

    Pop-up advertisements have thrived for years despite numerous efforts to eradicate them, but now online marketers are seriously wondering whether the Web's most detested ad format is about to meet its match: Microsoft.

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