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"During the month of April, 80 percent of all e-mail was spam, with that number jumping as high as 87 percent at times" Thirty years after the first unsolicited e-mail advertisement was sent, the phenomenon now known as spam is continuing to grow -- and becoming more sophisticated, creative and malicious. via Enterprise Systems

Like many people, reader S. B. is concerned about spam. He writes: Mail's junk mail filters work pretty well for my use, but sometimes I need to open a message in the junk mail folder to determine if it is ... via PC World

The Federal Bureau of Investigation warns consumers of recently reported spam e-mail purportedly from the Internal Revenue Service which is actually an attempt to steal consumer information. via WRDW-TV Augusta

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If you thought spam on your computer was a bother, brace yourself for round two: spammers want to find you on your cellphone. Some industry executives, along with consumer groups and security experts, are concerned that unwanted messages will be an even greater headache on phones.

If you thought spam on your computer was a bother, brace yourself for round two: spammers want to find you on your cellphone.

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Storm made to feel small. The prodigious Srizbi botnet has continued to grow and now accounts for up to 50 percent of the spam being filtered by one security company.