May 14, 2008 | business, mail, SBS, spam
An interesting problem has developed, and there’s no good answer in sight. Email is no longer a reliable business tool. We’re going to keep using it but there will be more occasions when I have no good answer to mail-related complaints. Spam is the primary...
Apr 16, 2008 | mail, security, spam
I’ve gotten several calls recently about an odd type of spam attack that also happened to me a few days ago. As other clients had reported, I began getting “non-delivery reports” – messages from mail servers all over the world that messages...
Apr 14, 2008 | Apple, computers, Internet, Microsoft, OneCare, security, spam
Many of you practice safe computing – you install security updates from Microsoft and other vendors, you run antivirus and adware/spyware programs and keep them current, your email program has a spam filter and blocks .EXE and other potentially dangerous...
Jul 1, 2007 | mail, security, spam
The latest barrage of virus-laden spam e-mails announce that you’ve received “a postcard from a family member.” Here’s a security vendor confirming what you already knew – if you click on the links in the messages, you’ll be taken...
Apr 13, 2007 | mail, spam
There’s a massive spam blast in progress. ComputerWorld reports that the spam outbreak is setting records, 50 to 60 times the normal volume of spam, with subjects like Worm Alert!, Worm Detected, Spyware Detected!, and Virus Activity Detected!, and carrying ZIP...
Dec 8, 2006 | Internet, mail, spam
Remember Earthlink? It’s still in business but not particularly relevant. (Companies providing dialup access became an anachronism when the telcos and cable companies shut them out of broadband access. Earthlink all but disappeared, and AOL is following it down...
