This is not a spam reduction measure. It is a way for a legitimate merchant to avoid getting a false/positive in an AOL spam filter.
Even when you've got the tools in place, it's something you want to be vigilant about.
If you are in publishing, you get more spam sent to you than anybody else.
Hackers have discovered IM; it's the new playground for them.
It's still an amazing amount of garbage overall.
One of the things Sober does is it turns your computer into a spam zombie.
I can only guess that this is one of those sort of anti-Microsoft sentiment things that's going on here.
We have seen it start to ratchet up,
That's an exceptional number for a virus in a 24-hour period. Things quieted down a little bit after a tremendous outbreak last week, but now this thing has gone back to pegging the needle.
The increase in spam was due to an increase in tax preparation offers and other financial service offerings that are more prevalent as we approach April 15.
