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All about SPAM Spam is that never-ending deluge of junk email that ends up in your inbox. People who send spam are trying to sell you something via email, or scam you as well. Since it costs almost nothing to send an email, spam can be very profitable. You might not buy anything from senders of spam but obviously some people do. Most spam is sent by thousands of 'zombie' computers. These are computers which have been intentionally infected by a virus which lets these computers be controlled by someone in a remote location. This person then rents out these 'zombie' computers to senders of spam so no one can trace where the spam is coming from. More than just a nuisance, spam is an easy vehicle for viruses, worms, scams, and fraud. |