In life, all faced with receiving unsolicited messages containing advertisements or commercial offers. Distributors of useless information for people call themselves spammers and there are entire communities of these promoters who know exactly what spam is.
Spam - what is it?
The historical origin of the word spam dates back to the 1930s. Then so called stagnant canned food, which were not sold. The manufacturer, the manufacturer, presented them to the US Navy and the Army, designating it as a necessary product. At that time, this word appeared - which indicates an unnecessary mailing. Now this way they report about little-known firms, drugs, services, the creators of which can not officially tell about themselves.
Knowing that this is spam, a person can rid himself of it. Not completely and not forever, but some limitations can be established. A computer or a portable device will not harm harm if you do not open links and do not register on unwanted sites. By the way, hackers make spam mailings, which contain the virus with harm to PC devices.
Who is a spammer?
No one likes modern spammers, but less of them do not. Statistics show that 80% of messages sent are unnecessary and this percentage is constantly increasing. Spammers are people who get paid for work, because the information is read in 70% of cases, in 20%, it can interest the client, and he will use the company's services. This method of advertising is effective, because:
- very cheap;
- there is a good percentage of responses;
- has no limitations;
- small costs for the organization of the process.
Virtually every person can master this Internet profession, they only need investments, to buy programs that make mass mailings. Even collecting all the negative sides of messages and considering what is spam, large companies are established and successfully operate, numbering hundreds of people in their staff. It is not difficult to imagine how many messages their employees can send within 24 hours.
Types of spam
Thinking about the appearance of spam, you can guess who is creating this. Literally about two years ago, there was no liability for unwanted mailings, but already now they went into development. Establish laws, and even more so to trace them on the network, is almost impossible. A mailing company may be located in another country. There are two types of spam:
- Legal advertising , because a company that has a small turnover of products can not order for themselves more expensive media.
- Game advertising exists in the form of letters of happiness, offers to participate in the pyramid, invitations to the game, to increase the possibilities of the attracting player.
- Illegal advertising , which includes pornography, the sale of drugs without a license, drugs, databases and software pirated release.
The spammer can use all kinds of spam, doing his own thing, because it's impossible to hold him accountable even for illegal advertising. It is important to know that judging by what letters come to the mailbox, you can understand what sites a person has visited recently and where he left information about himself. Given this, hackers offer services that the client has already been interested in. Then the business of technology - the promise of a good discount or gift.
What is email spam?
On the Internet, almost everyone uses e-mail. They know perfectly well what spam means, but fall into traps. If the addressee somehow became known to them, then to the mail every day and several times there will be advertising of different kinds. For the organizers, this action will be free, but the network users will pay their provider for receiving and deleting messages. How do people get into the list of spammers?
- The mail was discovered as a result of a technical malfunction.
- Mail employees sold the address (illegally).
- The virus that was launched into the computer transmitted information to the base of the spammers.
- The owner left his email in an unprotected source.
The flow of unnecessary letters makes it difficult to work not only the network load, but also the computer and the programs installed on it. For users, spam is more of an irritant than a problem, so many people use filters. They can hide useful information by accepting it for unnecessary mailing. Self-removal can take a lot of time and often owners have to create a new mailbox.
What is spam in the phone?
The spam of the phone became frequent. The number may be even more accessible to pests than mail. It can be dialed at random, as well as taken from social networks , where 60% of people do not hide it from others. Unwanted messages can not only inform about promotions and products of companies, but also put a virus destroying the software in the phone. The result will be loss of contacts and loss of personal information.
Spam in social networks
Social networks are in great demand among pests. Spam messages are sent there with a frequency of 5 - 10 messages per second and this is not the limit. Such messages can offer an easy way of earning or training, for which in real life you will have to pay a lot of money. Dangerous are SMS containing links. They can be accompanied by texts like:
- Oh, look, are you on the video?
- Hello, look what you found?
- Please vote for me?
Confidence is caused by someone who is familiar with the text. Knowing what spam in Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte is, you can protect yourself from troubles. To do this, you can stop accessing messages for people who are not friends. Do not open links immediately without talking to the person who sent the SMS. If, after answering questions, a friend confirms his identity, you can view his information from another site.
Spam on forums
Given that such spam and what harm it can bring to the computer, the forums perceive it as a way of its promotion. The more messages a search engine sees on a specific question, the more traffic the site has. Therefore, often programmers themselves include spamming their blogs, while they can earn money by advertising a company.
The definition of what spam means on forums is treated quite differently. Some unwanted messages are deleted by administrators, but a significant part of them continues to hang, creating extras. This method is required only for the promotion of sites or blogs. When the number of subscribers exceeds 1 million, spamming becomes unnecessary.
How to get rid of spam?
One simple and effective way is to change your account on social networks, change your phone number or create a new mail. And what if your contacts are known to many and notify everyone about the change? In order to protect the computer, install on it an antivirus with the latest version of the update. Use filters when receiving SMS, they block unwanted numbers.
Modern anti-spam protection includes an integrated approach. Initially, you need to monitor your actions and do not visit unprotected sites, let alone keep any of your data there. You need to remember what spam is and how it is useless and annoying and take care of your time and strength. Getting rid of it happens gradually, with program updates, virus removal and so on.
How to get rid of spam in the mail?
Mail in the network is more intended for work processes and therefore the appearance of unwanted emails there is extremely annoying. Change the address, which is brought for example, into the base of a huge corporation, too, will not work, information on the channel may fail. In this case, you can try the following options:
- Activate the "Delete spam permanently" button if it is supported by the mail service.
- Install antispam software. The best antispamers: AntispamSniper, Spamihilator, AVS Antispam, Comodo AntiSpam .
How to get rid of spam in the browser?
Advertising in the browser very much hinders the standard operation of the system. Its constantly pop-up windows almost do not allow you to use the Internet's capabilities normally and quickly, and in the future, you have to reinstall the software on the computer. How to remove spam from the browser without losing personal data and personal information from your device?
- Required installation of a powerful antivirus program. Today the most popular are Dr.Web, Kaspersky Anti-Virus, McAfee AntiVirus Plus, Avira, Bitdefender Antivirus Plus .
- Removing all available browsers and installing them with an update.
- Installing a program that blocks pop-up ads. Top blockers are headed by: AdBlock Plus, Adguard, Ad Muncher, AdwCleaner, uBlock .
Spam calls on the mobile, how to deal?
As most spam specialists noticed, 100% of getting rid of interference in private life has not yet been developed. One of the methods is taking away the time from the spammer. They pretended that you were interested in his proposal and everything, then it works for emptiness, and you put the phone in your pocket. You take away from the spammer time, it bothers fewer people.
Spam on the phone can be stopped with the help of "allegedly" performing their actions. We are pulling time, responding slowly, referring to communication, we are silent from time to time and all in that spirit. If the spammers are asked to transfer a certain amount of money to them for advice, we certainly agree and pretend to send money. At that moment, the accountant is connected to the caller, and there is a banal fuss. Once they understand that they have been mocked, they will not repeat calls to the subscriber.
How to make money on spam?
You can earn money on spam. Professionals download programs (paid) and collaborate with businesses that need to be promoted. It's easy to understand how to make spam mailing to several thousand people. You can send letters to be attracted via a referral link, but such income is not always justified if you are not the direct organizer of the pyramid. It is important that spammers do not like anyone and if one entrepreneur hired for promotion, the second can sue for interference in personal space.