Digital Culture At 30, Spam Going Nowhere Soon


	Digital Culture At 30, Spam Going Nowhere Soon

papananook

5-4-2008 12:37 PM

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How to stop those annoying Nigerian scam and their offshoots?

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5-4-2008 12:47 PM

papananook

Ah, I commented before i listened--it's not a solution but something near the end said that many of our computers are infected with "bot" viruses and are used to send spam...Does anyone know how to get rid of such a thing or even find out about it?

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