Spammers exploiting trust in shortened URLs

During the middle of last week, junk mail containing the shortened links jumped to two percent of all spam.

Users should install a browser plug-in that turns shortened URLs into long URLs before actually going to a site. To read more about what specific tools you can utilize to prevent and combat, please read the following article by Angela Moscaritolo:

http://www.scmagazineus.com/Spammers-exploiting-trust-in-shortened-URLs/article/139716/?DCMP=EMC-SCUS_Newswire