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Google Docs the Latest Spam Vehicle

David Hetfield [PersonRank 10]

Tuesday, June 3, 2008
16 years ago2,771 views

<< The latest trick from spammers is to use Google Docs as their hosting site as a method to get around URL filters.

By adopting Google Docs, spammers gain the credibility of Google's domain, since no spam blocker is going to automatically declare a Google link to be spam. That's what they are hoping for, according to Matt Sergeant, an Anti-Spam Technologist at MessageLabs, which found the new misuse of Google Docs. >>

http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3749056/Google+Docs+the+Latest+Spam+Vehicle.htm

Too bad people use a good service such as Google docs for spam. :/

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