Spot that spammer

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 1, 2006

Quiz tests consumers' ability to identify spam causing sites.

Last month, McAfee invited web users to spot the undesirable website, in an eight-question quiz entitled: 'Can you spot sites that cause spam?' The quiz presents consumers with pairs of websites, providing a screenshot of the home page plus details of the privacy policy of each, and asks contestants to judge which site in each pair 'respects email privacy'. On obtaining a low score in the test, the consumer is told 'Watch out! Your inbox might explode!' (which seems a little severe) - and of course, advised to purchase McAfee SiteAdvisor. The quiz is available at http://www.mcafee.com/spamquiz/.

Posted on 01 September 2006 by Virus Bulletin

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