| Email Harvesting, Part I |
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| on Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 09:02 PM CCT - 1755 Reads |
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Until very recently my pop 3 home email was spam free and I did not know what all the fuss was about, then suddenly whenever I checked my mail it was loaded with unsolicited messages...
I thought it may be useful to detail how spammers operate as a means to avoiding becoming a spamming target and some measures to take if you become a victim How spammers operate : know the enemy Email harvesting is big business and software is readily available, imagine little robot spiders traveling around the web devouring thousands of emails and always looking for fresh addresses.
They love newsgroups , web pages, chat logs and guest books, below is described some popular harvesting and spam mailing software, with the logic that if you understand how spammers operate you can better protect yourself : Popular harvesting and spamming programs Atomic Harvester: works by the user typing in a search term and then letting the spider loose , it is claimed that this software will "vacuum'' thousands of email addresses from News groups, Web pages,
On line providers and phone books. The idea being to harvest targeted emails by searching for the most useful web pages news groups etc. Desktop 2000 :Very popular bulk email server can be run from any home (or business computer ) works with Atomic Harvester once emails are collected spams them out by the thousand , main claim to fame is cloaking of senders address
Continue learning about email harvesting in part II of this article
Note: This is part I of III in this article about email harvesting, spammers and how to protect yourself. |
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