COMPUTER NETWORKING

NETWORK SECURITY

INTRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
unsolicited electronic message sent for marketing purposes are called ____
A
virus
B
URL
C
spam
D
unzip
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Email spam, also known as junk email, refers to unsolicited email messages, usually sent in bulk to a large list of recipients.

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: -: unsolicited usually commercial messages (such as emails, text messages, or Internet postings) sent to a large number of recipients or posted in a large number of places.

Detailed explanation-4: -Unsolicited bulk email is the formal name for spam or junk emails that are sent to users who haven’t opted-in to receive them. Most of these emails are commercial and commonly referred to as unsolicited commercial emails.

Detailed explanation-5: -Often, spam is advertising sent repeatedly for the same site. The most widely recognized type of electronic spam is email spam, but the term can also be used to describe search engine spam, social media spam, mobile app spam, spam on blogs, wiki spam, forum spam, and many more.

There is 1 question to complete.