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Oh this is just great. I just got labeled as a spam blog. Here is the warning that I received when I logged into my blog today: -------- WARNING This blog has been locked by Blogger's spam-prevention robots. You will not be able to publish your posts, but you will be able to save them as drafts. Save your post as a draft or click here for more about what's going on and how to get your blog unlocked. -------- Here is what blogger says about why this happens: -------- What We're Doing About Spam Needless to say, we do not approve of spamming here at Blogger. Below are some of the things we've implemented to remove and reduce spam on our service. We will update this list as we continue our efforts. Automated spam classifying algorithms keep spam blogs out of NextBlog and out of our "Recently Published" list on the dashboard. The same classifiers are used to require an extra word verification field on the posting form for potential spam blogs. This makes i...

Digg this Just got this in my e-mail in-box: --------------------- We Need Beta testers to try out our new software Office Tools Plus This will help us get the software ready for consumer release. For helping out, you will receive a free edition and 5 years of updates. 1: Download the software 2: Try it 3: Tell us what you think Here is your chance. Follow the link to our secure download center: http://68.202.*.*/setup.exe --------------------- (IP address removed for obvious reasons) A new type of spam has appeared. Instead of saying "Hey idiot, download this perfectly obvious EXE that is going to install a virus" they are covering it up with "You can be a beta tester for our new Office Tools product....the download for beta testers is here: [link]". Social engineering at its finest. The average user who has heard of beta testing will probably be enticed into downloading the file and running it. Who doesn't want to be a beta tester for a product that won'...