SPAM-NEWS
Spam sales surge (VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
19 Aug 2008 at 2:30pmAbout 30 per cent of internet users have bought goods advertised in spam emails, research from internet security vendor Marshal has found.
Spam sales surge (vnunet.com)
19 Aug 2008 at 2:15pmSam Trendall, CRN , Tuesday 19 August 2008 at 13:07:00 Almost 30 per cent of internet users admit to buying goods from spam emails About 30 per cent of internet users have bought goods advertised in spam emails, research from internet security vendor Marshal has found....
Archives aided by anti-spam tools (BBC News)
18 Aug 2008 at 12:40pmWidely used anti-spam tools are helping to convert crumbling books and other documents into accurate digital copies.
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PDF spam – a step ahead of image spam(GFI white paper)PHISHING-NEWS
Man Gets Seven Years for Leading AOL Phishing Scheme (GigaLaw.com)
17 Aug 2008 at 10:05pmA West Haven, Conn., man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for masterminding a phishing scheme that targeted AOL users over a four-year period.
Gone phishing (Lancaster Online)
17 Aug 2008 at 6:23amManheim Township Police Sgt. Tom Rudzinski was sitting with a TV news crew last Tuesday when the cameraman's cell phone went off. He answered, listened for a moment, clicked it off and laughed. It was an automated message purporting to be from Bank of Lancaster County. Which, by that time, ...
Bank warns of scam (Lebanon Daily News)
15 Aug 2008 at 4:43pmFulton Bank has issued a warning about a cell-phone phishing scam involving credit and debit cards. Customers and non-customers of the bank have been receiving calls on cell phones stating that
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VIRUS-NEWS
New immunization strategy could halve the doses for stopping computer virus s...
18 Aug 2008 at 5:08pmResearchers have developed a new immunization strategy that requires up to 50% fewer immunization doses compared with the current most efficient strategy. The new strategy could be used to prevent the spread of human epidemics and computer viruses, and it applies to a wide variety of networks.
To remove virus, create secondary hard drive (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
17 Aug 2008 at 9:05amThe best way to handle viruses is to remove the hard drive from your computer, mount it in a second computer as a secondary drive (so that it doesn't boot and activate the virus), and use the other machine to clean it.
Youngsters learn computer skills at Wareham Boys and Girls Club (The Standard...
19 Aug 2008 at 7:02amKids use computers more than ever these days, said Chris Pires, a counselor and computer lab director at the Boys and Girls Club in Wareham. But he wonders how often they stop to think about what is happening when they click a mouse or drop a CD into the...
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