Do you like spam? No, I’m not kidding. Everybody knows what spam is, almost everybody seems to have learned by heart simple advice like “do not click …” “do not respond…” , “do not buy…” but On March 23, 2005 Mirapoint and the Radicati Group, a consulting and market research firm, released preliminary results of their end-user survey on email hygiene. “This preliminary data is surprising and somewhat shocking to us,” said Marcel Nienhuis, market analyst at the Radicati Group. The survey shows that some end users haven’t learned the lesson and still make the same blunders. Blunder 1 — clicking on embedded links within spam (not including the unsubscribe link) — 31% of respondents have done it at least once. The most dangerous mistake. Clicking on any embedded links in spam messages helps spammers determine ‘live’ email accounts, which means more spam. What’s worse, users can pick viruses, Trojans or other malicious code–just by clicking on embedded links. It may cause various problems, including loss of confidential information–identity theft, and loss of money from bank accounts as a result. Read on about Spam Survey…