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Spam

Google Redirection Virus

December 14, 2010

Just when I thought that I was one of the most “web savvy” and “tech savvy” people on earth, who could never be tricked into downloading anything that would infect my computer… BAM! My laptop gets infected by what’s come to be known as the “Google Redirection Virus”. The symptoms are very obvious… You do [...]

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Twitter: @Replies Rock, DMs Over-rated

February 2, 2010

What’s the the most powerful feature of Twitter? It’s definitely the ability to send an “@” reply to anyone on twitter – without their permission. Now “great tools come with great responsibility” (yup, just made it up Spam people on twitter, and you will get blocked, labeled a spammer, folks will hate on you, and [...]

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Bad Words To Blacklist In Your Blog’s Comments

March 27, 2007

I was getting about 500+ spam-comments a day. I’m now down to about 20. Based on my personal experience with spam, I have created a list of “bad words”, which, when used as a blacklist, will make most of your spam go away. If you’re using WordPress, copy the list below and paste it into [...]

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