Microsoft hotmail spammers

I received a spam today from the following IP address: 65.55.116.16 This was an obvious phishing scam the IP address is on public blacklists. Service providers are supposed to stop spam coming from the IP addresses they manage. This one range apparently has 244 listed...

Check Your Privacy Settings

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Companies that are responsive abuse reports

I write a lot about negative experiences with reports sent to abuse contacts so I thought I should perhaps note that there are service providers that respond appropriately. Thanks Linode! Subject: Re: spam from ip=[linode IP removed by CV due to response] Hello,...

Virus not really from Amazon

We have been seeing quite a few of these bogus emails that appear to be from AMAZON. The CompanyV virus scanners have been good about removing the virus attachments but you should be very careful about emails that appear to be from Amazon – do not open...