Online criminals use Twitter
E-mail spammers are now using small/tiny URLs via Twitter to increase clickthrough rates and entrap victims.
Twitter users should protect themselves from online spammers who have begun using the platform for criminal activities.
AVG (AU/NZ) Marketing Manager, Lloyd Borrett, said Twitter's recent global surge in popularity has encouraged spammers and other online criminals to take advantage of the tiny URL links used within Twitter to target unsuspecting users.
Read the full AVG Security Tip.
September 2009
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