Phishing for an Identity

Phishing is rapidly becoming on the largest threats to your personal, financial, and emotional wellbeing. No I am not talking about Saturday afternoons out on the boat with your grandfather, listening to stories that being with "When I was your age?"-now while these probably conjure up horrific childhood memories of... Read More

20 Words That Kill - At Least When It Comes to Spam Filters

Spam, spam, spam. It's terrible not only for those of us on the receiving end, but for those of us who SEND e-mail. This deluge of irritating junk has unfortunately interfered with legitimate e-zine publishers, because we're caught in the anti-spam crossfire. If you publish any type of e-mail publication,... Read More

The Great Spam Scam: Five Strategies To Stop Brand and Revenue Robbery

Marketers usually think of anti-spam tactics as 'how to prevent' readers from perceiving their e-communications as spam. There is another, more sinister, consequence that may affect you. Spam is not just an inconvenience. For legitimate businesses, it steals productivity, erode your brand, and rob you of revenue. Many companies... Read More

Lockspam Free 3.0 Released!

6 August, 2004: Polesoft Inc., home of Professional anti spam software, announced today that Lockspam Free 3.0 (see also Lockspam Pro 3.0 in the end) is now available.Some features of Lockspam Free 3.0 antispam software:1. Function with Most POP3 Mail Clients Lockspam Free 3.0 can work with mail clients like... Read More

Getting Back To Basics.

While we all agree that there`s way too much spamming/junk-mailing going on in our email boxes, there are a couple of things we can do to reduce the amount of mails we actually have to sift through, without having to resort to paying for expensive software that can be a... Read More

Winning the War On Spam

For years I didn't worry much about spam.But lately it's got out of control. Over half of my email is now spam, and it was growing by the week - until I took action.This article shows you some strategies for winning the war on spam.------------------------------------------------How Do They Get Your Address?------------------------------------------------In... Read More

How To Analyze A Rip-Off Scheme

This review is taken DIRECTLY from a piece of "junk mail." It is or the program that starts out with the heading: "Before You Decide To Throw This Away, Please Read The Enclosed At Least Once - Then Decide. This is Not a Chain Letter! I Threw The Program in... Read More

Anti Trackback and Comment Spam Methods

What is spam ? Spam is text or URL, in one or several exemplars, neither being waited nor wished, not having, neither directly nor from its shipper, no relationship neither with the recipient nor with a possible resource related to the... Read More

Beware of the Newest Activity Online: Phishing

No. I'm not talking here about the outdoor activity enjoyed by many. And no again; I did not misspell it. Phishing is the name given to the latest online scam where millions of unwary Americans are getting their identities stolen.This fraudulent activity is considered the fastest growing crime of modern... Read More

Spam Filters Explained

What do they do? How do they work? Which one is right for me? By Alan HearnshawSpam is a very real problem that many people have to deal with on a daily basis. For those that have decided to do something about it and start to investigate the options available... Read More

iMore (press release) (blog)
Just-released iOS 12 beta fixes update pop-up spam
iMore (press release) (blog)
To prevent it, you can install and enable a Content Blocker. It could break some sites by accident, or help cause some sites you love to go out of business, but you can whitelist and pause blocking whenever and on whichever sites you like, and keeping ...
Guilherme Rambo on Twitter: "It looks like this method in Springboard does some date/time calculations to determine ...Twitter

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Magento Blocker - Block Bot/User by IP, Country or User Agent Extension by Knowband
WhaTech (blog)
The store admin allows the store merchant to block the user/bot by IP, country, or user-agent depending upon their site requirements with Magento spam IP blocker extension by Knowband. 4. Magento Block Bot module supports is multi-lingual compatibility.

The Verge
How to stop annoying robocalls on your iPhone or Android phone
The Verge
AT&T has a free app, Call Protect, that's designed to block some fraudulent robocalls from reaching you, and you won't have to do anything besides install the software on your phone. It won't completely block spam or telemarketer calls, however ...

Wall Street Journal
4 Smartphone Apps That Aggressively Block Spam Calls
Wall Street Journal
To block nuisance calls more effectively, turn to apps, which use vast databases of bogus phone numbers and “spam protection engines” to better call out frauds. They briskly divert most—if not all—of those spammers to voice mail. One app also fights ...

The Verge
Google Phone App For Android Now Able To Block Spam Calls: Here's How To Activate The Feature
Tech Times
Google, however, has taken spam protection a step further with a new feature for its Phone app for Android smartphones. Instead of requiring users to dismiss suspected spam calls on their own, the Google Phone app is now able to automatically block them.
Google's Phone app can now prevent some spam calls from interrupting youThe Verge
How to enable spam call filtering on your Android phoneTechRepublic
How to block specific area and country codes on Android and iOSMobileSyrup
GoAndroid (press release) (blog) -Thurrott.com (blog) -Google Play -Google
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USA TODAY
Don't pick up: how to stop these annoying robocalls for good
USA TODAY
Google's spam blocker doesn't have a particular name, but it's even more powerful. On Google's Pixel phones, the default Google Phone app lights up your screen with a bright red warning telling you not to answer the spam calls. It's already a great ...

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Slate Magazine
How Android Is Fighting Spam Calls
Slate Magazine
Your other alternative is to use a service like T-Mobile's Scam ID and Scam Block (free) or Verizon's Caller Name ID ($2.99/month) to help filter and identify robocalls on your carrier's end. Some phone-makers, such as Samsung, also offer built-in ...

Fossbytes
8 Best Android Call Blocker App List For 2018 | Filter Spam Calls
Fossbytes
Call Blacklist is a powerful Android call blocker app that works both as a spam call blocker and SMS blocker. You can block calls and messages from any specific, private or hidden numbers, or any other number that you have not stored in your contacts.

Small Business Trends
10 Best Call Blocker Apps to Prevent Nuisance Calls to Your Small Business
Small Business Trends
What's different about this call blocker app is that as well as identifying unknown phone calls and warning you of annoying spam calls, its adds a caller picture to your contacts from Twitter, Facebook and Google+, meaning you can identify calls made ...

What's up with the new spam blocker?
Swarthmore Phoenix
The college used to use the open-source SpamAssassin filter to keep viruses and spam at bay, but Fran Gelfland, Unix Systems Administrator for Swarthmore College, explained that a group of ITS staff from TriCo “chose to jointly purchase the McAfee SMS ...

Is There A National Do Not Spam List?

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Phishing for an Identity

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Pst... Pass It On... I Found Out Its a Hoax

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Spam - How to Report it

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The Cybermagic of Whitelists

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Block Ads, Defeat Pop-Ups, and STOP Page Hijacking

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Is Spam Affecting Your Business Email?

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Im Guilty Until Proven Innocent

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Spam - Its Whats For Breakfast

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FTC Botches Fight on SPAM, Microsoft Takes Over the Battle

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Blackhole or Fail - Which One Is Better For Your Mail Server?

Very often SPAMMERS take advantage of catch-all email setup on... Read More

E-mail SPAM: Whats The Big Deal?

It absolutely amazes me how many people over-react to receiving... Read More

CAN-SPAM Basics

I. BACKGROUNDThe CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (Controlling the Assault of... Read More

What Exactly is Spam?

Spam, as defined in the context of computers, the Internet... Read More