Image Spam

[Humpty]

At first, they seem like your average junk email, containing share tips or an advertisement for Viagra, along with a small, slightly garbled picture.

 

But this, experts say, is the spam that could bring the internet to a virtual standstill this year.

 

To bypass anti-spam software, the emails use an image instead of text.

 

In the past six months, this "image spam" has seen a massive increase and now represents 35 per cent of all junk email, according to security software firm F-Secure.

 

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[Eldmannen]

My e-mail client doesn't open images.

[DennisD]

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Thanks for that one Humpty.

 

I always open images from places like C-Net and Symantec.

 

But it`s easy to become a bit blase about this.

Will take this onboard and be very careful what I allow.

 

Regards