Steam Limits Accounts in Effort to Fight Spam
Steam has come up with a unique way to fight against spam. Steam users need to spend at least $5.00 USD in order to have full access to all of Steam’s features. The purpose is to limit what spammers and…
YouTube Acknowledges Spammy Comments
Have you noticed an increase in the amount of spammy comments on your YouTube page in the past few weeks? You aren’t alone. YouTube has acknowledged on its Creator Blog that they have received a lot of feedback from creators…
Twitter banning Bit.ly, other URL Shortners on Direct Messages (DM)
Today I was trying to send a direct message to a friend. Included was a bit.ly link to a page I needed him to see. For some reason, Twitter kept saying there was an error and cannot send the DM.…
Text Spam DrivingYou Crazy?
Being a new owner of a smart phone, I had never heard of text spam. After all, my phone number is on the federal and my state’s no-call lists, so why would I ever think I’d get spam in the…
Time for Yahoo to Close Groups?
Yahoo! Groups needs to implement some ideas so we don't continue to receive spam in our inboxes from mal-groups.
Malware Myths
GData has found that many people’s preconceptions about malware are wrong and are putting them at risk of malware infection. The vectors for viruses and trojans have significantly changed in the past couple of years and infections now mainly come…
Phantom AOL eMail
I’m still getting mail from dead people. An AOL account belonging to a friend of mine who passed away almost three years ago has been hijacked and sends me at least one spammy email a day. I tried to block…