Spam that targets instant-messaging users is on the rise, but analysts say the problem won't be as disruptive as unsolicited e-mail. As spammers face legal action from the Can-Spam Act, they are ...

If your business has not figured out how to control instant messaging (IM), you are in for a rude awakening. Abuse of IM can cripple workforce productivity, and even more serious is SPIM -- spam sent ...

While the torrent of unsolicited spam emails continues to rise, it is being far outpaced by the surge in unwanted messages sent to the users of instant messaging programs, analysts have warned. The ...

Last week, Akonix issued a press release discussing the fundamental differences between Spim (spam sent via instant messaging systems) and e-mail-based spam. Understanding the differences between the ...

Unsolicited commercial instant messages, known to many as spim, are expected to reach 1.2 billion in 2004, up from 400 million last year, according to a report by the Radicati Group, a technology ...

Spam aimed at instant messengers is on the rise. As corporations adopt IM, how big a threat will unsolicited messages prove to be? Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering ...