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Spammers Aim Unwanted Ads At Instant-Message Users.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)(COMPUTERS MADE PLAIN)
Byline: PAUL KORZENIOWSKI
As a watcher of technology trends, David Ferris spends a great deal of time online.
He's no stranger to unsolicited Internet pitches, whether e-mail spam or pop-up Web ads. But earlier this year, he had his first taste of a new breed of marketing -- instant-message spam.
He was reading his e-mail and up popped an instant message from "snugglebear269."
After opening the message, he discovered it included a link to a porn site.
"I guess it was only a matter of time before spammers infiltrated instant-messaging systems," said Ferris, president of Ferris Research Inc. in San Francisco.
Unsolicited ads for financial help, herbal medicines, gambling, get-rich-quick schemes, pornography and Viagra have long been a thorn in the side of e-mail users.
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