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Microsoft wins record amount from spammer

September 13, 2006 Company wins $84,177 over term violation; U.K. individuals, though, are virtually helpless against spammers, lawyer says. TAGS: spammer, spam, U.K., Microsoft Corp.

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, Microsoft Corp., e-mail

Microsoft looks to foil Web spammers

July 13, 2006 Researchers at Microsoft have developed a tool to scrub search engines of major spam Web sites that pollute results. TAGS: spammer, spam, search engine, researcher, blogging, Microsoft Corp., blog, link

New tool screens spam, digitizes books

May 24, 2007 The ReCaptcha service turns annoying spam-avoidance chores into a productive project to digitize books.Image: Killing two birds with two words TAGS: project, pattern recognition, spam, API, word, blog, photograph, Microsoft Corp., e-mail

China vies with U.S. for spam title, report says

April 21, 2006 Overall, computers in Asia relay more junk e-mail than those in any other continent, according to Sophos research. TAGS: Graham Cluley, Sophos Plc., spam, South Korea, spammer, North America, Asia, China, McAfee Inc., Europe, Internet Service Provider, security, U.S., virus, antivirus, Microsoft Windows

Spam-bot tests flunk the blind

July 2, 2003 Advocates for the visually impaired contend that increasingly popular "visual verification" tests are discriminatory, raising a cloud over the future of a widely used antispam tool. TAGS: VeriSign Inc., human, bot, spam, Yahoo! Inc., database, Microsoft Corp., e-mail

Cyberthreat experts to meet at secretive conference

January 22, 2007 At a hush-hush security confab on Microsoft's campus this week, there'll be tough talk on beating botnets and keeping cybercrooks at bay. TAGS: phishing, conference, threat, expert, spam, bot, event, security, trojan horse, Microsoft Corp., PC

Worm sparks rise in zombie PCs

August 22, 2006 Malicious code that exploits a recent Windows hole is leading to growth in the number of hijacked PCs, CipherTrust says. TAGS: CipherTrust Inc., zombie, spam, worm, security, PC, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Spam experts at MIT lift curtain on search

March 30, 2007 With no real cure for search engine spam in play, educating legitimate marketers is key. TAGS: advertiser, search engine, Google AdSense, BMW, search engine optimization, spam, conference, Google Inc., expert, brand, speakers, Yahoo! Inc., solution, Microsoft Corp.

Antispam confab looks beyond filters

March 29, 2006 Leaders in the fight against spam, phishing and e-mail fraud gather at the MIT to compare notes. TAGS: CAN-SPAM Act, marketer, law enforcement, spammer, anti-spam, email marketing, spam, bond, incentive, conference, e-mail, attorney, phishing, America Online Inc., car, Microsoft Corp.

A shifting landscape for e-mail security

January 8, 2007 Tech heavyweights are taking charge in a "brutal battle" for dominance among spam fighters. TAGS: e-mail security, Barracuda Networks, Ironport Systems Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., acquisition, spam, Symantec Corp., anti-spam, California, e-mail, Microsoft Corp.

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