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Summary: Spam is basically messages that show up in e-mail from unknown sources, which are often trying to sell something. Discover how to avoid the malicious content of spam with IT help from a software developer in this free video on computers.
Dave Andrews is a software developer with a business and Web site selling programs and other computer services in Franklin, Tenn. Having worked in the IT industry for more than 8...read more
"Hi, my name is Dave Andrews and today I'm going to tell you what is spamming. The way I'm going to do this is I'm going to show you on my computer screen sort of my e-mail inbox here and I have spam selected in my gmail which actually does a really good spam filtering. Basically spam is messages that have come in your e-mail from somebody you don't know and they're basically trying to sell you something. You know as you can see in these subjects, they've got some pretty, some pretty generic looking subjects. They're basically private message here and if I clicked on it it would be an advertisement for some kind of medication or something like that. And these are sent in bulk by basically shady characters that are trying to sell something over the Internet because there's going to be a certain number of people who will click on that spam message and will be interested in what they're selling and then will go out and sell it and buy it I mean. Spam can also have some more malicious ramifications and that some of these e-mail messages that I click on, if I click on the link that's contained within that spam, it could take me to download a virus or some kind of spyware onto my computer. Now a lot of spam is generated automatically by virus programs that are trying to spread themselves. So its always a good idea to make sure you're only opening e-mail from people you recognize and that it's something you would be interested in reading. My name is Dave Andrews and I've just told you all about spamming."
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