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Bad news for spammers: The instantly available “No Name” accounts seem to be a thing of the past. And, new users must agree to a no spam clause…
3/20/2010 8:46:21 AM, X-Evolutionist
There are still many “No Name” accounts in existence, but it appears that they are no longer available for new accounts. Here’s the background: At least as recently as a few months ago when I previously had logged out and tested it, a “No Name” account ...
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Thank you Windows Live Administration for adding Spaces issues to the “Windows Live Solution Center”
3/15/2010 6:31:23 AM, X-Evolutionist
The Windows Live Solution Center just opened last week. The url is: http://windowslivehelp.com/. This is the introductory text of the forum: Welcome to the Windows Live™ Solution Center, a Community for Windows Live™ products and services where you can ...
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Deleting all the Spam comments from my Windows Live Space is easier with Windows 7 Magnifier!
2/23/2010 7:36:13 AM, X-Evolutionist
(Please note: the method for dealing with spam that I use assumes you check your space for spam very often, and that all your spam, and a lot of it, is on the Recent Comments page. Please see Hold the spam by Greg Edwards if you have not checked your ...
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An engineering blog for Windows Live
2/4/2010 1:32:14 PM, Windows Live Dev Team
Chris Jones, the Corporate Vice President for Windows Live, recently launched a new engineering blog called Inside Windows Live. The new blog provides a place for engineers and others who work on Windows Live to share insight into what it takes to build ...
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Will the last person to leave Windows Live Spaces please turn off the lights…
12/18/2009 12:37:49 PM, X-Evolutionist
I have had a feeling for the last several months that my beloved community of Windows Live Spaces will soon be a thing of the past. I have been a member of Spaces since 2005 when it was MSN Spaces. I have loved the Spaces community, but I do not think my ...
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Countermeasures
12/13/2009 6:58:53 AM, Greg
Blog spammers insert comments that contain a bunch of keywords and hyperlinks back to their sponsor's site. In the old days, search engines would crawl across your page, and build indexes based on those relationships. So if a thousand blog posts included ...
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Phishing: a look inside
11/3/2009 1:23:26 PM, Windows Live Dev Team
Phishing – what it is, and how it relates to your webmail credentials Recently, the webmail industry experienced what was believed to be a phishing incident where several thousands of credentials from Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail accounts were exposed on a ...
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Hold the spam
10/29/2009 9:07:20 AM, Greg
As I've mentioned, I don't get a ton of spam on Windows Live, but it does happen to me every once in a while. One way I personally combat it is to stay on top of my blog, guestbook, and profile note comments. Typically I check my recent comments every few ...
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I wish to thank the academy…. (Update on Windows Live Spam situation at end of page)
10/7/2009 2:06:28 PM, X-Evolutionist
The Windows Live Association of Spam Haters would like to thank X for a Good Job Well Done. Whereas they said you were barking up the wrong tree. Whereas they said you were beating a dead horse. Whereas they said just give up already, nobody is going to ...
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Dear Windows Live: Here is the latest failed result of my trying to report an account that does absolutely nothing but post spam. Can’t you do something about this?
9/30/2009 10:32:22 PM, X-Evolutionist
This morning, I reported this account: http://cid-e9d4c90b5c91f72b.profile.live.com/?sa=841240496 If somebody would just take 30 seconds to click the link, they will see that this person posted a zillion spam comments in my Space last night, and never ...
