Question

Which one of the following describes spam?

1) Gathering information about a person or organization without their knowledge.

2) Performing an unauthorized, usually malicious, action such as erasing files.

3) Putting unnecessary load on the network by making copies of files.

4) Sending unwanted bulk messages.​

Answer 1

The option describing spam is 4) Sending unwanted bulk messages

What is spam?

• In the field of computers, spam can simply be described as a digital junk mail.
• Spamming is the method through which unsolicited messages are sent over the internet to a number of people for advertising something or for any other prohibited purpose.
• A spammer may also send the same message several times.

Answer 2

Sending unwanted bulk messages is called spam.

How do we detect spam?

• There are various techniques to detect spam-like anti-spam techniques
• Do not open the websites because it is dangerous for us
• To avoid powerful detection keep the emails in employee inboxes
• The main aim of users is to detect emails that have a virus
• The quality of information reduces the amount of spam