Question

A____is an unimportant message sent to a large number of users, mainly for the purpose of advertising and sometimes for spreading a computer virus

Answer 1

Spam is an unimportant message which sent to large number of people, in order to spread virus in to huge number of system. The user must be very careful before opening an e-mail because it might contain virus which might grab important data like password, user name, etc.

It is always advised not to open mails if the recipient is unknown and especially the attachments inside the mail. This even happens when we are searching for information and suddenly a pop up comes up seeking info.