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Agenda Rafael Quiroz Vázquez Definition History How does spam work? Categories Laws Where is spam? Battle against spam Spam every day

Rafael Quiroz Vázquez Spam is the abuse of sending unauthorized and inappropriate bulk messages It is sent to a lot of people It is normally advertisement or promotional It is not requested by the addresser. Definition

History Rafael Quiroz Vázquez The name comes from USA (30’s). It was the name of a can which contains meat. British Band popularized the term spam. The spam became popular in the 90’s. Nowadays, spam continues increasing.

How does spam work Rafael Quiroz Vázquez Spammers need the addresses There are several ways to get the addresses They have tools that allow them create virus and control the computers of the web-users. They are hired by big companies to make advertisements of their products

Phising and scam Rafael Quiroz Vázquez Phising is type of deception designed to steal your valuable personal data: 1.- Fake web site that accepts donations for charity. 2.- Social network site of the web-user 3.- Fake message of the co-workers or web- user. These kind of spam comes from fake reliable web- sites for the web-user, they are called scam.

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Laws Rafael Quiroz Vázquez Governments should organize and decide which is the best way to control the flow of the iformation through the net. Every government stablish its own rules, the problem is that once a spam is created in any part of the world it can be trasmited to any computer in another country. Therefore the governments should make an agreement to improvise the performance against the spam.

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Where is spam? Rafael Quiroz Vázquez Forums Blog Social networks Mobile Internet Relay Chat

Battle against spam Rafael Quiroz Vázquez Four groups: End-user technique Automated techniques for administrator Filtering techniques Automated techniques for senders

Spam every day Rafael Quiroz Vázquez

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