Spam emails are not only annoying they can attack and destroy business systems
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There are more businesses trading online today and using email and online services than ever before
. With the increased use of our newest form of fast communication such as email comes a new danger from those people who use technology for securing advantages by illicit methods.
Whilst many spam emails are still only annoying, there are an increased number of clever spamming technologies being deployed by criminals to obtain or destruct private and crucial information. Information is everything in the postmodern world, so it has to be protected.
Botnets is another online crime which is on the increase; it takes the form of a spam email which requests you click on an embedded link to access important information. The link inside the spam email is malicious software, which, when downloaded onto your computer will give an online criminal full access to your computer, private passwords and other private information.
Another concerning method deployed by online criminals through spam emails is called keystroking. Should you unsuspectingly download an embedded link you are providing a criminal full access to run their advanced memory software in the background whilst you use your computer.
The advanced software is capable of recording every stroke of the keys that you make and is later retrieved and analysed by online criminals to obtain private passwords for accessing your online bank account, online shopping account and any online credit or debit card transactions you make.
Any effects of dangerous spam emails to an individual using one computer is bad enough, but if an employee of a large business which has hundreds of networked computers accidently downloads dangerous software it will pass to every computer in the network and entire businesses can grind to a halt.
We provide advanced spam blocker technology at MessageStream and have reduced spam emails and dangerous viruses by up to 99% protecting small and large organisations across the UK.
Spam emails are not only annoying they can attack and destroy business systems