For close to half a decade, US entertainment executives and copyright-averse college students have debated the future of technology side by side on the "Pho" e-mail list. Now that forum is under siege.
Recent data suggests that unsolicited bulk email - or spam - could be the majority of email traffic by the end of the year, and corporate networks are becoming increasingly clogged up.
There is no sign of relief for companies already overwhelmed by the sheer volume of unsolicited and unwanted email messages clogging their mail systems. Email security firm MessageLabs' filtering statistics for April, which were published on Monday, show that 67.6 percent of all global email traffic is spam.
According to a new report by a US Web security firm, nearly 95 percent of e-mail sent in 2007 has been "spam" or junk advertising.
Spammers have hijacked computers at drug manufacturer Pfizer, causing them to send junk e-mails advertising the company's product Viagra.
The first prosecution under the Spam Act last week may seem like nothing more than a single renegade marketeer being shut down. But it isn't...
As we embark on a new year, the industry hype-machine is slowly warming up to sell us new technologies that will make our jobs easier in 2007. Rest assured though that some problems will remain, like spam.
Have you ever received an e-mail or text message along the lines of "Heya, long time no hear. I have a birthday coming up, could u remind me of ur address? Cheers, hope ur well"?
Remember the thrill of waiting for, and at long last receiving, a handwritten letter from a friend?
Just as Internet users learn that clicking on a link in an e-mail purporting to come from their bank is a bad idea, phishers seem to be developing a new tactic -- launch a DDoS attack on the Web site of the company whose customers they are targeting and then send e-mails "explaining" the outage and offering an "alternative" URL.
The top three e-mail service providers are pooling their resources and technical expertise to reduce unwanted commercial solicitations, or spam, that is inundating their systems.
Spam costs businesses an average of A$900 per employee per year in lost productivity. Will Australia's new anti-spam laws reverse this trend?
Spam is an elusive enemy for IT managers, who face a number of options to fight unwanted e-mail in the enterprise. Here are suggestions from members on how to control spam.
Managed properly, e-mail filtering software can reduce the risks spam brings to your network. How can you tune your filter so it stops spam without choking off enterprise e-mail?
Myriad solutions are available to help eradicate spam. In this guide, ZDNet Australia looks at one such answer -- hosted or outsourced anti-spam management.
Five years ago, the e-mail technology providers were telling us it would take time before the spam situation improved. Yet, today, there's more spam than ever. In his latest Technology Shakedown, ZDNet's David Berlind blames AOL, Google, Yahoo and Microsoft for the mess and demands they act now
If you are drowning in spam, help is available from software and e-mail services that block unwanted mail. Some work better than others. Here's a look at seven antispam apps and services.
From server-level software, to appliances, to managed services, we review the latest anti-spam solutions to help enterprises manage the onslaught of unsightly spam.
Can you trust software to block all the spam your company receives? We evaluate four top spam filtering packages for their accuracy.
The security software specialist buys anti-spam company Deersoft, the first in a series of planned acquisitions by the company to help people thwart unsolicited e-mail.
While this Outlook plug-in stops 100 percent of spam, it also stops 10 percent of your legitimate e-mail. Still, Qurb ranks as one of the better antispam products available.
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