A Mirapoint and Radicati Group study showed that about a third of email users have clicked on links coming in spam messages. About ten percent of users have actually bought something as a result of getting a piece of spam, according to a BBC report on the study. The project, sponsored by both a computer security firm, found that spam can lead to security issues, as it can often lead to sites that push spyware software, viruses and trojans onto visiting computers. And the motivation behind spamming lives on, as the business model behind it seems to continue to work.

One in Ten Buy from Spam Posted by: DTB at 2:43 PM  |  Permalink