Canning spam, Question No. 4 |
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4.) What type of program harvests e-mail addresses from the Internet in order to build mailing lists for sending spam?
Answer from the SearchSecurity.com glossary:
A spambot is a program designed to collect, or harvest, e-mail addresses from the Internet in order to build mailing lists for sending unsolicited e-mail, also known as spam. A spambot can gather e-mail addresses from Web sites, newsgroups, special-interest group (SIG) postings, and chat-room conversations. Because e-mail addresses have a distinctive format, spambots are easy to write. (Read the rest of the definition.)
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