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Needles and haystacks: Balancing precision and recall

Attivio's Sid Probstein says for traditional search, the conventional model is to return many results to get high recall; somewhere in there are the right answers. But what if you want a more precise answer? Commentary - These terms are bandied about in most every...

Tags: Recall, Pregnancy, Attivio, Spam Email, E-mail, Cyberthreats, Spam, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, search, Sid Probstein Attivio, Special to ZDNet, Sid Probstein Attivio, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-10-29

OK, so who are the idiots that respond to spam email?

OK, so who are the idiots that respond to spam email?That makes sense...An older guy who um...can't quite er..get it up like when he was 19... Needs a bit of help in that uh...department. Utterly clueless about what he's dealing with. Buys something via the spam because he's too embarassed...

Tags: Cyberthreats, spam, server, spam email

Discussion threads 2008-11-12

OK, so who are the idiots that respond to spam email?

OK, I've gotta ask the question. Who are the idiots that respond to spam email? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Idiot, E-mail, Online Communications, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Spam, Spam Email

Blog posts 2008-11-12

29ò0of Internet users buy from spam emails

29ò0of Internet users buy from spam emailsthis total is based upon the spammer purchasing their own product...and a few innocent idiots... i was innocent once...;)spammers (nuke em!!!!)

Tags: Spam, spam email, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-08-20

1.5m spam emails sent from compromised University accounts

1.5m spam emails sent from compromised University accountsThere may be no such thing as ViagraThe combined Governments of the Earth can not stop hacking.No country escapes,all are victims.This is the invasion of our planet.One can expect to see that all forms of communication are hacked.Can you believe anything that is...

Tags: Whis, e-mail

Discussion threads 2008-08-15

1.5m spam emails sent from compromised University accounts

With the increasingly common spamming as a service underground propositions relying on botnets, and services offering thousands of pre-registered accounts at popular email providers, it would be logical to consider that old school techniques consisting of compromising accounts and abusing them to send as many spam emails as possible in...

Tags: Account, Spammer, Spam Email, University Of Otago, Staff Member, E-mail, Phishing, Spam, Cyberthreats, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-08-15

Spammers announce World War III with spam emails packing malicious payloads

Spammers announce World War III with spam emails packing malicious payloadsSorry Nate - have to disagreePlease everyone - do not "spread the word" as Nate says it - I spend more time looking up these e-mails, and then convincing people that the e-mail they got was a hoax than I...

Tags: Spam, ReceiverNet technology, spammer, World War III, spam email, malicious payload, payload

Discussion threads 2008-07-14

U.K's most spammed person receives 44,000 spam emails daily

U.K's most spammed person receives 44,000 spam emails dailyMost embarrased male in UK now... is"Orange customer, Colin Wells – Workshop Foreman for Stagecoach buses – has the most spammed UK inbox and ClearMyMail blocks more than 44,000 emails from entering Wells’ inbox every day, amounting to around 16 million every...

Tags: E-mail, Colin Wells, U.K, spam email

Discussion threads 2008-07-08

U.K's most spammed person receives 44,000 spam emails daily

When you get so much spam that your anti-spam provider decides to use you in a marketing campaign, your spam problem turns into an asset for the community, and researchers running honeypots can only envy you for the sample of spam emails you receive on a daily basis. According to...

Tags: Orange PCS, Internet Service Provider, U.K, Spam Email, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), E-mail, Internet, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Best Practices: Avoiding Receiving and Sending Spam Emails

Spam email is the bane of modern business communications systems. The vast majority of businesses use email yet until now there hasn't been a reliable way to eliminate the huge proportion of unwanted messages that arrive every day. This white paper outlines simple steps that can be taken to avoid...

Tags: Computer Associates International Inc., Best Practice, Spam Email, E-mail, Cyberthreats, Spam, Productivity, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing

White papers 2006-08-01

Amazon, Microsoft team for spam suits

Amazon, Microsoft team for spam suitsNo, no, no..>> "The best way to stop spammers and phishers is to hit them hard in the pocketbook," Washington Attorney General Christine Gregoire said in a statement. Microsoft and Amazon "pose a powerful legal threat and will send a strong message that there will...

Tags: Spam, Cyberthreats, team, SPAM Email, spammer, REAL Junk Mail, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-09-28

FTC: Thumbs-down on 'do not e-mail' list

FTC: Thumbs-down on 'do not e-mail' listProbably for the best...Honestly, I'm not sure why anyone thought the do-not-email list would be a good idea. All it would do is create a list of known-good mostly email addresses. Since they have to know what's on the list in order...

Tags: Cyberthreats, SPAM Email, FTC, CAN-SPAM Act, spam, e-mail, Group C, spammer

Discussion threads 2004-06-15

Additional Resources

CleanMail Server 4.1.2.2 (Windows)

CleanMail is a SMTP/POP3 e-mail security solution (anti-spam/anti-virus) that integrates into existing email environments. CleanMail includes a comprehensive set of filters, including an attachment blocker, remote blacklist filter DNSBL, and a complete Windows build of the award-winning, open-source SpamAssassin filter. The open-source ClamWin anti-virus package is available as a fully-integrated,...

Tags: Antivirus, E-mail Security, Microsoft Windows, CleanMail, E-mail, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications

Software downloads 2009-11-18

Contact Form Generator 1.7 (Windows)

Create HTML forms for your website. Generate them with an online wizard. Contact forms are very useful to receive message from your visitors. Build polls, questionnaires, and other types of web forms. No programming skills are required, just copy and paste the HTML form code on a page. You can...

Tags: HTML, Anti-spam, Microsoft Windows, Programming, Adolix, Spam, Development Tools, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-11-18

Beware: Spam on Facebook and Twitter has reached epidemic

another spammer paradise...tell me something I don't know.Duh reallyDuh really,you got payed to tell us were getting spammed?? Well actually you get spammed i don't subscribe to twitter or face book. I just simply email friends and family and guess what,i don't get spammed doing it that way,who woulda known!How...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Twitter Inc., social site, moral code, spam, Facebook

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Countries engaging in Cyber Cold War

Block all the overseas countriesDeny then Allow.Only allow what traffic that should go across yourservers, otherwise you are setting your self upfor disaster.There is no reason for an American company thatdoes business in America to be open to the worldfor web/email/ftp/ssh/email.There are several sites that have all of theIP ranges...

Tags: American company

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Eric Schmidt on whether Google is getting evil

I Am A Victim of EvilHere is evil to me.I cannot stop Google from spamming me...or at least one of their Google Groups.A while back I bought an Ubuntu mini 9 from Dell.It was great.I loved it.It got stolen by some druggos while I was using it at Westlake plaza...

Tags: E-mail, Spam, Eric Schmidt, Google Inc., Evil, Google Groups, motto

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Email Director .NET Edition 3.4 (Windows)

Email director is an e-mail application to help you stay in touch with your target audience. Email director allows you to communicate with your clients and customers in a more convenient way and send personalized messages to your customers, subscribers, and friends. Email director will save hours of your valuable...

Tags: Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Windows, Director, Omid Soft, E-mail, Online Communications

Software downloads 2009-11-12

ZoneAlarm Extreme Security 2010 9.1.008 (Windows)

ZoneAlarm Extreme Security is a comprehensive suite protecting your PC, your browser, and your data. The OSFirewall monitors changes within your computer to spot and stop new attacks that bypass traditional anti-virus protection. The Advanced Download Protection analyzes browser downloads in three unique ways before they can infect your PC...

Tags: PC, ZoneAlarm, Microsoft Windows, Web Browser, ZoneAlarm Extreme Security, Advanced Download Protection, Hard Drive Encryption, Two-way Firewall, PC Tune-up, Phishing, Viruses And Worms, Web Browsers, Security, Spam And Phishing, Internet

Software downloads 2009-11-10

Winmail Mail Server 4.7 build 0217 (Windows)

Winmail Server is an enterprise class mail server software system offering a robust feature set, including extensive security measures. Winmail Server supports SMTP, POP3, IMAP, Webmail, LDAP, multiple domains, SMTP authentication, spam protection, anti-virus protection, SSL/TLS security, Network Storage, remote access, Web-based administration, and a wide array of standard email...

Tags: SMTP, Antivirus, Microsoft Windows, E-mail Server, AMAX Information Technologies, Winmail Server, E-mail, LDAP, E-mail Servers, Ssl/Tls, Security, Online Communications, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-08