COMPUTER NETWORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS
NETWORK SECURITY AND CYBERSECURITY
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Canned meat.
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Unsolicited emails sent to many email addresses that try to get you buy something or share private information.
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A computer virus that will hack your account.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Email Spam is junk email that is sent to a large number of recipients, unsolicited, for advertising or phishing. Spam messages are often sent en masse by software that automatically generates and sends emails. However, spammers can also use “human spam”-real people who manually send out millions of messages per day.
Detailed explanation-2: -Spam is any form of unrequested communication sent in bulk (Unsolicited Bulk Email, or UBE). Its most frequent form is a commercial email sent to a large number of addresses (Unsolicited Commercial Email, or UCE), but “spamming” is also possible via instant messages, texts (SMS), social media or even voicemail.
Detailed explanation-3: -Spam is any kind of unwanted, unsolicited digital communication that gets sent out in bulk. Often spam is sent via email, but it can also be distributed via text messages, phone calls, or social media.