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Macrovision to fix issue posted earlier today

I received an email a few minutes ago from Bill Smith at Macrovision, who is the Director of Marketing Programs, in response to my blog post ( Uggghhh – Vendor Spam from Macrovision ) this morning. I really appreciate the folks at Macrovision taking the time to look into this so quickly. Here’s...

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 07-19-2007
Filed under: Messaging, Security
Uggghhh -- vendor Spam from Macrovision

Since re-downloading AdminStudio for SMS a couple weeks back, I keep getting emails from Macrovision about every 3 days. Each email is exactly the same. When I received the first email, I thought nothing of it. But, after about the 6th email I started to get frustrated. See, this is how a vendor loses...

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 07-19-2007
Filed under: Messaging, Security
Hotmail causes Spam

My Windows Passport (or, rather, LIVE Passport) is based on my original Hotmail address that is years old. I never use Hotmail. In fact, I had not even logged into Hotmail for 2 or 3 years. Recently (last week), I was feeling a little froggy, had a few minutes, so I logged into Hotmail to check out the...

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 05-14-2007
Filed under: Internet, Messaging, Security
Oh, here's a good one -- tricky...

I’m looking at a Spam email and once again wondering — how the heck did this not get filtered to my Junk E-mail box? Oh well, it happens. I decided to read through it and found an interesting thing at the end of the email, where they tell you how to unsubscribe from receiving ANY emails from...

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 03-23-2007
Filed under: Messaging, Security
I'm half tempted to play along with this...

I’m feeling devious today, but I’ll probably curb that for the time being. But, when I see Spam schemes it worries me about how many people might actually believe them and waste their time. So, I consider that if I play along with the scheme, and waste the Spammer’s time, I may save...

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 02-02-2007
Filed under: Messaging, Security
Sent my first Spam report to Microsoft tonight

Are you using this? Microsoft Junk E-mail Reporting Tool version 1.0 for Microsoft Office Outlook I installed it and sent my first email report today. Pretty neat, but it actually sends the email to: 'abuse@frontbridge.com' If you try to resolve frontbridge.com in a web browser, it goes here: http:/...

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 10-27-2006
Filed under: Messaging, Security, Software
Sheesh. A sad state of Scam Spam...

I laughed a bit today when I saw this Scam Spam enter my Inbox. It’s a funny piece, but how many folks might actually consider answering something like this? Email: ==================== Hi my name is Elena! Sorry for disturbance - i was searching the web for the first time with such goal... :)...

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 10-04-2006
Filed under: Internet, Messaging, Security
Microsoft Antigen 9.0 MOM Pack

The new Microsoft Antigen Management Pack for MOM supports the 9.0 versions of Microsoft Antigen for Exchange, Microsoft Antigen for SMTP Gateways, and Microsoft Antigen Spam Manager. The MOM pack supplies critical events and alerts on virus, worm, and spam activity to MOM 2005, and also monitors the...

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 09-28-2006
Filed under: Messaging, Security, Systems Management
New Article Sets Out to Cover All You Need to Know About MS Outlook Passwords

Security experts from Passcape Software have brought a new piece of writing to light. The new article is intended to give guidance on the encryption techniques, which were used in previous versions of MS Outlook and are used at present. The new article came from the pen of MS Outlook password experts...

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 08-28-2006
Filed under: Messaging, Security
Companies Read Employee E-mail

Big Brother is not only watching but he is also reading your e-mail. According to a new study, about a third of big companies in the United States and Britain hire employees to read and analyze outbound e-mail as they seek to guard against legal, financial or regulatory risk. Read more…

Posted to Rod Trent at myITforum.com (Weblog) by rodtrent on 06-02-2006
Filed under: Messaging, Security

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