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'Adult' spam hits all-time low

March 7, 2007 "Offensive" or "inappropriate" spam has been steadily declining, and in February only constituted 3 percent of junk mail, Symantec says. TAGS: spam, Symantec Corp., e-mail

Trend Micro fights spam based on reputation

July 19, 2005 New services block junk messages using a list of IP addresses that are known to be sending spam or should not be sending e-mail at all. TAGS: Trend Micro Inc., spam, IP address, IP, e-mail

Study: We're getting used to the taste of spam

April 11, 2005 The Pew Internet and American Life Project turns up some surprising data about people's attitudes toward junk e-mail. TAGS: spam, study, least, e-mail

CipherTrust toolbar adds phish net to e-mail

March 13, 2006 "TrustedSource Toolbar" plugs in to Outlook and Lotus Notes and is designed to fight spam, phishing and fraud. TAGS: CipherTrust Inc., phishing, toolbar, e-mail security, inbox, spam, IBM Lotus Notes, IBM Corp., e-mail, Microsoft Outlook

Cleaning up a bad e-mail reputation

April 27, 2006 Companies focus on fixing e-mail reputations and getting mail delivered to the in-box, not to the junk mail folder. TAGS: reputation, inbox, spam filter, spam, e-mail, Internet Service Provider, message, monitor

Judge stops Brit from selling Hotmail lists

December 18, 2006 Microsoft wins case after arguing that a U.K. man selling e-mail addresses to spammers had hurt the company's goodwill as Hotmail's owner. TAGS: MSN Hotmail, spam, Judge, U.K., e-mail address, e-mail, Microsoft Corp.

Australia forces ISPs to attack spam

March 29, 2006 Government introduces rules for Net access providers to further stamp out unwanted bulk e-mail. TAGS: spam, Internet Service Provider, service provider, Australia, Internet service, code, e-mail

Study: Small firms cook up more spam

January 26, 2005 New research finds that smaller companies are bearing the brunt of the epidemic of unsolicited e-mail. TAGS: Postini Corp., spam, CAN-SPAM Act, spammer, e-mail address, small business, information technology, e-mail

Microsoft launches antispam tools, services

May 26, 2005 Company debuts its MSN Postmaster Web site, which offers tools and services designed to combat spam. TAGS: MSN Hotmail, MSN, spam, Internet Service Provider, anti-spam, service provider, e-mail, Microsoft Corp., security

Can-Spam didn't, survey says

December 30, 2004 A survey due out Monday will report that the federal antispam law did little to deter spammers. TAGS: CAN-SPAM Act, MX Logic Inc., antispam company, anti-spam, survey, spam, law, service provider, U.S., e-mail, Microsoft Corp.

Spam joins pounds on New Year's 'to shed' list

January 4, 2005 Deluge of unwanted e-mail greets workers, again raising questions about effectiveness of filters. And the onslaught could get worse. TAGS: Radicati Group Inc., spam, worker, business development, inbox, holiday, message, e-mail

900,000 ISP customers blacklisted

May 10, 2005 Telewest, a U.K. Internet service provider, calls the antispam group's action "heavy-handed" but can't say it didn't see this coming. TAGS: Telewest, Ironport Systems Inc., anti-spam, Internet Service Provider, representative, spam, Internet service, service provider, U.K., IP address, IP, e-mail

FTC shuts down four spam rings

September 14, 2006 In two cases, spammers sent sexually explicit e-mail messages using "zombie" computers, the agency says. TAGS: Illinois, CAN-SPAM Act, spam, agency, e-mail

IBM debuts spam assailant tool

March 22, 2005 Rather than just filtering content, Big Blue's spam-fighting technology verifies sender identity and strikes back. TAGS: Lycos Inc., spam, IBM Corp., anti-spam, security technology, spammer, P2P, e-mail, screensaver, message

Report: Schools swamped by spam

January 10, 2005 Kids in the U.K. are being exposed to porn ads and the temptation to click on virus links, an e-mail firm warns. TAGS: school, spam, U.K., e-mail, virus

India is top target for spam

March 1, 2006 Tech advancement is outstripping security awareness in India, while the U.S. still leads as biggest junk mail producer. TAGS: MessageLabs Ltd., India, spam, security, server, U.S., virus, e-mail

Truste aims to guard surfers from spam

July 26, 2005 Certification program puts seal of approval on Web sites that adhere to e-mail guidelines designed to squelch junk mail. TAGS: TRUSTe, seal, spam, e-mail

Antispam group rejects e-mail payment plan

February 7, 2006 Spamhaus says the e-mail charges planned by Yahoo and AOL will erode our freedom to communicate. TAGS: anti-spam, Spamhaus, America Online Inc., freedom, Yahoo! Inc., Time Warner Inc., spam, payment, e-mail, agency

Most spam still coming from the U.S.

January 25, 2006 But latest figures also mark the first time U.S. accounts for less than a quarter of all spam relayed, says security company Sophos. TAGS: Sophos Plc., spam, MessageLabs Ltd., South Korea, U.S., China, Microsoft Corp., e-mail

IronPort to rate Web links in spam fight

January 24, 2006 Web reputation scoring added to catch more unwanted e-mail messages, including those with links to malicious Web sites. TAGS: Ironport Systems Inc., reputation, spam, anti-spam, spam filter, spammer, check, attack, e-mail, message, link, server
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