(SPam Instant Messaging) Unsolicited advertising appearing in instant messages. SPIM is even more annoying than spam. Unlike e-mail ads, which can often be relegated to a junk folder in the user's e-mail program, a SPIM ad pops up on screen whenever it is sent. See spam and SPIT.
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- Discussion threads 2008-05-29
- So you think SMS is dying? Think again.
- So you think SMS is dying? Think again.Why SMS ain't going awayIt's really very simple: it's a collect call that the recipient can't refuse, can't turn off, and gets charged for every piece of spim that comes in.The carriers are making a mint. Until something else comes along that...
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- Discussion threads 2008-03-07
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- Blog posts 2008-02-07
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- Blog posts 2007-11-26
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- Webcasts 2007-11-15
- Does email have a future?
- Does email have a future?It's easy to blame the spammers...and ultimately, they are the ones responsible however they do it because they make money doing it. I would like to put out a lit cigarette in the eye of everyone who ever buys anything as a result of a spam...
- Discussion threads 2007-04-09
- Content Based SMS Spam Filtering
- In the recent years, they have witnessed a dramatic increment in the volume of spam email. Other related forms of spam are increasingly revealing as a problem of importance, specially the Spam on Instant Messaging services the so called SPIM, and Short Message Service SMS or mobile spam. Like email...
- White papers 2007-02-22
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- News items 2006-11-27
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- Discussion threads 2006-08-04
- Does your PC have a good rep? To send e-mail, it better
- Does your PC have a good rep? To send e-mail, it betterThat would be a resounding YES!Gee that was hard. ]:)Look!this scam is going around AGAIN! "[B]FROM MR JOHN WILLIAMBILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGERBANK OF AFRICABOAOUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO.DEAR FRIEND,I AM THE MANAGER OF BILL AND EXCHANGE AT THE FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT...
- Discussion threads 2006-07-25
- Spim, splog on the rise
- Spim, splog on the riseBlock what you canFor example, in Trillian, go to Identities and Connections->Change...->Privacy and click on Accept Messages only from users on my Contact List. This will stop spim from reaching Trillianspam, splog, spim...what's next?First came spam, then splog, spim, what's next...spmail? spfantasy baseball?Hackers have done...
- Discussion threads 2006-07-06
- Symantec Security Response: Top Five Instant Messaging Security Risks for 2006
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- White papers 2006-05-01
- 10 things you should know about fighting spam
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- Download resources 2006-02-14
- Instant messaging viruses and worms up 271% in Q1 2005
- IMlogic Threat Center, a global consortium providing threat detection and protection for instant messaging IM and peer-to-peer (P2P) applications, issued its first quarterly report on the rise of IM security threats. IMlogic noted a 271% increase in reported incidents of new IM/P2P viruses, worms, and malicious code including SPIM/malware. More...
- Blog posts 2005-04-06
- Instant messaging viruses and worms up 271% in Q1 2005
- IMlogic Threat Center, a global consortium providing threat detection and protection for instant messaging IM and peer-to-peer (P2P) applications, issued its first quarterly report on the rise of IM security threats. IMlogic noted a 271% increase in reported incidents of new IM/P2P viruses, worms, and malicious code including SPIM/malware. More...
- Blog posts 2005-04-05
- U.S. makes first arrest for spim
- U.S. makes first arrest for spimThey need to put him in prison for about 10 years!He would soon learn how it feals to be violated by something you don't want in places you don't want it. No one likes SPAM, in Email or IM.Spim?WTF is that? Spam with a...
- Discussion threads 2005-02-21
- Black and White and Gray All Over
- I have been thinking about morality lately. The morality of direct marketing. I have been asking: “what is acceptable practice when selling a product or service?�? I don’t have all the answers but I have lined up the various ways people have sold products and services along a...
- Blog posts 2005-02-11
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