Every month Microsoft releases security patches for its software - and it's often a race against time for companies to roll these patches out across their business before a hacker takes advantage of the vulnerability. A security hole which allows hackers with malicious intentions to run code on Windows or Apple Mac computers is very serious, and all affected users should ensure they have defended their systems.
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Efforts such as ISPs Internet Service Providers sharing knowledge on how to crack down on spammers, and authorities enforcing CAN-SPAM legislation have helped North America thwart the efforts of spammers on their doorsteps. Some of the most prolific spammers have been forced to either quit the business or relocate overseas as a result.Graham Cluley
Given more time, Sober.z would have dominated the chart, but its emergence in late November prevented it from taking pole position.
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Regardless of whether his e-mail campaign is legal or not, there's no doubt that this has backfired for the attorney general and he has drifted into political hot water by annoying users with his unsolicited emails.
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Many users will be used to receiving dodgy sounding business propositions in their inbox, promising them a fortune. These schemes, however, only make money for the criminals behind them.
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This judgment against a spammer is undoubtedly the biggest we have ever heard of. Spam is not just a nuisance for individual computer users who find their inboxes clogged up with unwanted mail, but for ISPs who are hit in the pocket by having to pay for the bandwidth to deliver and store hundreds of millions of messages.
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There should be no excuse for any data being lost on February 3 by this worm, but there is always the danger that some home users will not have heard that warning.
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