21 June SS Q.36
0. In the context of IT/ICT, which one of the following statements about spamming is true?
- A
Spamming is posting ore-mailing unslicited advertising messages to a wide audience
- B
Spamming is sending lines of nonsensical garbage in a chat conversation
- C
Spamming is posting a message that contain graphic description of something offensive
- D
Spamming is an attempt to acquire sensitive information for malicious reasons, by masquerading as trustworthy entity
- Option : A
- Explanation : Spamming is the use of electronic messaging systems like e-mails and other digital delivery systems and broadcast media to send unwanted bulk messages indiscriminately. The term spamming is also applied to other media like in internet forums, instant messaging, and mobile text messaging, social networking spam, junk fax transmissions, television advertising and sharing network spam.
