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Spam-Fighting Startup Impermium Joins Google, Discontinues Third-Party Services

Spam-Fighting Startup Impermium Joins Google, Discontinues Third-Party Services | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
Impermium, a cybersecurity startup that was backed by top funds like Accel and Greylock, is joining Google. They had raised $9 million in funding from..

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Goodbye to spam, er, @spam, on Twitter...

Goodbye to spam, er, @spam, on Twitter... | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
Twitter and its users have perennial problems with spam, as a quick search of Naked Security will reveal.

So you might be surprised that the micro-blogging site's own Twitter identity for report...

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Gust MEES's curator insight, April 22, 2013 8:05 AM

 

Assuming you're logged into Twitter, you can just go to an account's profile page, click on the "person icon" pulldown menu, and choose Report @account for spam.


                                        ===> DO IT!!! <===


Gust MEES's curator insight, April 22, 2013 8:08 AM

 

Assuming you're logged into Twitter, you can just go to an account's profile page, click on the "person icon" pulldown menu, and choose Report @account for spam.

 

                                        ===> DO IT!!! <===

 

Gaurav Pandey's curator insight, May 21, 2013 9:50 PM

Twitter has been tighteing control over what goes on to the site of late. We've seen random accounts being blocked, including that of some of the biggest "influencers" on the planet. Truth be told, I always make it a point to ensure I don't have any stupid bots following me, whereas most people would have at least 25% fake accounts. The follower count is dead. Those in the know, know who to talk to. 

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ALERT: Spam from an anti-virus company claiming to be a security patch? It's Zbot/Zeus malware...

ALERT: Spam from an anti-virus company claiming to be a security patch? It's Zbot/Zeus malware... | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
A spam campaign that seems to originate from a whole raft of different security and anti-virus companies...

...is actually an effort to trick to into installing a new variant of Zbot/Zeus onto y...

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Gust MEES's curator insight, November 21, 2013 6:41 PM

 

Be AWARE of the MALWARE!!!

 

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HowTo Fight Spam efficiently

HowTo Fight Spam efficiently | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
A short tutorial showing you how to get protected against Spam and How-To fight it very efficiently... . This blog explains you how to fight spam on an efficient way, my own experience over more th...

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Gust MEES's curator insight, February 8, 2013 4:26 PM

Spam in my "E-mail Inbox" is nearly gone by zero as this Online application fights it on its root:

 

SpamCop determines the origin of unwanted email and reports it to the relevant Internet service providers. By reporting spam, you have a positive impact on the problem. Reporting unsolicited email also helps feed spam filtering systems, including, but not limited to, SpamCop's own service.