The Battle vs. Spam And finally, thanks to Jason Catlett of Junkbusters . Junkbusters is one of the Web's most comprehensive collections of information about junk messages and how to stop them. Junkbusters can help you avoid telemarketing calls, junk email, junk snail mail, and web ads. They also offer information about how to keep your personal data safe. We'd also like to share this quick tip with you that will help you avoid some spam, as well as get the spammer to identify themselves.
Many spammers harvest email addresses from newsgroups and discussion boards.
Anti-Virus software vendor Network Associates, Inc. was hit last week with a Denial of Service attack that limited access to its web sites for about 90 minutes. The above Denial of Service attack on NAI's web site was accidentally launched by members of the BugTraq security newsletter through a Trojan Horse attached to the newsletter. Apparently terrorist Osama bin Laden is using the Internet to hide maps and photographs of terrorist targets, as well as other informationby posting secret messages inside other messages on bulletin boards and in chat rooms. Vatican sources are saying that Pope John Paul is considering naming Saint Isidore of Seville the patron saint of Internet users and computer programmers. Saint Isidore is believed to have written the world's first encyclopedia.