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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.Feds call for global spam fight
April 21, 2006 U.S. Federal Trade Commission joins foreign partners in a call for more cross-border action against spammers.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.Australia forces ISPs to attack spam
March 29, 2006 Government introduces rules for Net access providers to further stamp out unwanted bulk e-mail.Europe still top source of spam
February 6, 2008 For the third month running, compromised computers in Europe have pushed out more spam than those in the U.S.Spam fight goes global
November 2, 2006 Six international groups agree to join forces in an alliance to promote global cooperation in the fight against junk e-mail.Adobe: No threat from PDF spam
August 16, 2007 No hard evidence that PDF spam exposes users to security risks, claims the company, which nonetheless recommends user caution.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.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 wordsReport: U.S. tops list of spam-offending countries
October 26, 2007 U.S. sends about 28 percent of the world's spam--more than five times as much as second-place South Korea, says security firm.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.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.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.China plans spam crackdown
February 22, 2006 World's second-worst offender as source of spam will introduce measures to curb the problem--but critics say they don't go far enough.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.Spam maker sees trademark bid canned
October 5, 2006 Worried about confusion with its spicy ham, Hormel attempts to register "spam" as trademark for junk e-mail.Verizon Wireless wins injunction against text spam
February 26, 2007 Judgment calls for company accused of sending unsolicited messages to Verizon customers to pay more than $200,000 in damages.Europe calls for concerted fight against spam
November 28, 2006 Regulators, ISPs, governments and the police have been called on by the European Commission to boost their antispam efforts.Exterminating the nuisance of spam
November 15, 2006 Suresh Ramasubramanian oversees the development of junk e-mail countermeasures for tens of millions of Internet users.Security from A to Z: Neologisms
November 27, 2006 An inordinate number of new terms have been created to keep up with the dubious activities of spammers, scammers and their ilk. Sponsored matches for "spam"
