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Keeping spam at bay and a clean system.(Business)
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The Birmingham Post (England)
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July 1, 2008
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2008 Birmingham Post & Mail Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: By Andy Dillon
Purveyors of spam and spyware are growing ever more artful at gaining access to people's online information.
Some estimates put 85 per cent of all emails sent around the globe as being spam - often known as junk mail. Meanwhile, spyware is increasingly sophisticated to get around computer defences and embed itself in a system.
Any website a person visits, every product they register for, any mailing list joined and any e-shop bought from could then take an email address and use it for spamming. Spyware means that ...
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