Network Associates is to declare 4 July, the US
Independence Day holiday, "Independence from Spam Day" and will
give out free copies of its McAfee SpamKiller product online and in
retail stores.
The first 1,776 visitors to
www.mcafee.com on 4 July will
receive a free copy of SpamKiller. Network Associates will also
distribute free copies of the software to the first 20 visitors to
each of 922 OfficeMax retail outlets in the US.
In June, Network Associates surveyed more than 1,500 online
participants and found that around half spend more than 40 minutes
a week deleting spam.
Pornography topped the list of spam e-mail topics, with mortgage
refinancing, credit counseling and sexual enhancement products
other popular spam themes.
Paul Roberts writes for IDG News Service