Neowin News Feed for: Spamming

Thousands of users got affected by OneDrive unstoppable spam on Windows, Android, Mac

Sayan Sen — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 07:10:02 +0000

Microsoft had acknowledged that many users got affected by a weird OneDrive bug wherein spam files and folders would be shared with them by random users. Read more...

Elon Musk's X will help you prevent unwanted link spamming on your posts

Aditya Tiwari — Sat, 20 Jul 2024 18:20:01 +0000

A new anti-spam feature in development might help reduce cases of link dropping on X (formerly Twitter). The social media platform is working on an option to disable link posting in post replies. Read more...

Microsoft is trying to fix a Skype bug that's sending lots of push notifications

Omer Dursun — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 10:48:02 +0000

Skype has apologized for the push notification bug that caused repeated alerts. Some users reported receiving the same notification every hour. The firm says a new patch is on its way. Read more...

Microsoft Takes On Spamming Botnets

Fri, 28 Oct 2005 18:55:22 +0000

Microsoft has filed lawsuits against 13 unnamed senders of spam e-mail who used botnets to distribute their messages. The actual charges were filed in August, but Microsoft only now unveiled details about the case. A... Read more...

Spamming spammers?

Tue, 22 Mar 2005 18:33:23 +0000

IBM unveiled a service Tuesday that sends unwanted e-mails back to the spammers who sent them. The new IBM (Research) service, known as FairUCE, essentially uses a giant database to identify computers... Read more...

Texas Moves to Tackle Spamming

Fri, 14 Jan 2005 11:38:31 +0000

Texas law-enforcement officials have moved to crack down on spam, filing a lawsuit against one of the world's largest junk e-mail operations. The state's attorney general, Grreg Abbott, has field the case against two men... Read more...