05-14-2006, 09:05 AM
Quote:Spammers target mom's e-cards
Moms will receive millions of greeting cards this weekend, but husbands, sons and daughters who send an electronic card should use a trusted source or they may see their own e-mailboxes jammed with spam...
No-name offers could be coming from bad Internet neighborhoods: You wouldn't go there and you probably wouldn't want them to come to you, either," said Joe Wilcox, senior analyst at JupiterResearch. "Some holiday goodies -- screen savers, wallpaper or greeting cards -- are backloaded with stuff people probably wouldn't want on their computer. That can be adware, spyware or even something worse."...
full article: http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/05/13/1648735.htm