Category Archives: Spam

Staying Safe Online – Consider the Context

The website Mashable.com reports this morning that there is a fake password reset e-mail for Facebook circulating. The e-mail comes with an attachment that, if executed, will install a virus on your computer. This is obviously something you don’t want … Continue reading

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Avoiding Twitter Direct Message Spam

(This is one of my most popular posts. I updated it on August 25, 2011.) There have been increasing incidents of spam being sent through direct messages (DMs) in Twitter.  Spam, in this particular case with Twitter, means messages that … Continue reading

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