spam

The term "spam" originally referred only to unsolicited email, but has broadened in usage to include any kind of unsolicited electronic advertisement or communication (e.g. phone solicitations are often described as "spam calls"; advertising links posted on a wiki page is "wikispam").

Reference

• Wikipedia

Related Articles

• fighting spam posts in MediaWiki
• telemarketing (phone spam)
• fighting email spam

Links

• Abusive Hosts Blocking Service

News

• 2006-09-07 Appeals Court Judges Sick Of Spam Too; Uphold Spammer Conviction
• 2006-02-23 Malware Honeypot Projects Merge (maybe this should end up in an article on malware)
• 2006-02-19 Invasion of the Computer Snatchers (slashdot)
• 2006-01-24 'Zombie master' pleads guilty to PC hijacking