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 ...

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 ...

The first arrest has been made for a scam that was waiting to happen -- sending unwanted solicitations through instant messaging. Have you ever counted the number of digital come-ons you receive daily ...

They’re usually annoying, and in most cases they’re illegal, but unsolicited text advertisements are popping up on the cellphones of a growing number of college students, according to a new Ball State ...

COMMENTARY--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 is coming of age--and that's not a good thing. These annoying ads are the instant-messaging version of spam, and they chimed in a remarkable 1.2 billion times last year. The average IM user can ...

This week our Special Focus takes a look at an increasingly annoying problem: Instant messaging spam – or spim. Our author (cgarretson@nww.com) says spim isn’t nearly the headache that e-mail spam has ...

Some 42% of America’s 134 million online adults use instant messaging and almost a third of those instant message users (30%) have gotten “spim” – or unsolicited commercial instant messages. That ...

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 ...