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Jul 2 2008   2:33PM GMT

Did you see this? - The Great SPAM diet results are in

Posted by: Troy Tate
anti-virus, awareness, botnet, Data security, email, spam, Security, antivirus, malware, Monitoring, metrics, online identity, Performance, reporting, research

See my previous post on The Great SPAM Diet. The results are now in and darkReading has the scoop.

McAfee’s Great Spam Experiment, Unplugged

Many spam messages sent to participants in the study were phishing emails or contained malware or links to malware-ridden sites

Did anyone doubt that these would be the results? Thanks for your time. Let’s be good network citizens together & practice safe networking!

Apr 10 2008   6:39PM GMT

Did you see this? - The Great SPAM diet

Posted by: Troy Tate
anti-virus, blogging, online identity, spam, Security, antivirus, malware, Monitoring, email

McAfee, Inc. Launches Global S.P.A.M. Experiment

Fifty Volunteers around the World Say ‘Yes’ to a Diet of Spam for 30 Days - Started April 1, 2008

McAfee, Inc. announced the launch of its global S.P.A.M. (Spammed Persistently All Month) Experiment. For the month of April, 50 participants from around the world - ranging from homemakers, government executives, and students to retirees - will surf the Web, make online purchases and register for promotions. Participants have been provided with a clean laptop without spam protection and a new email address. Beginning today, they will blog about their experiences daily at this website.

S.P.A.M. Experiment participants are from ten countries spanning the globe, including Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Let’s be good network citizens together & practice safe networking!