We all know about the pros and cons of the Internet and most of us are also aware of the deliberate trafficking of malicious programs, spam and other bombardments that flood our inboxes. According to Symantec, a few PC attacks crawl into your Inbox by making use of titles related to world tragedies, sympathetic events and natural disasters, thus challenging the users worldwide to click on nasty links. Interestingly such spam e-mail comprises almost 85% of your entire mail Inbox! Some dominant and recent spams identified by Symantec are:

Software behemoth Microsoft was again in the firing line recently due to one of its advertisements. Of late Microsoft’s adverts have taken on a radical creative shift, however, what happened yesterday was beyond wildest expectations.

An ad that was running on its Polish website featured three businessmen- one White, one Black and one Asian. In an apparent marketing gaffe, in the Polish version, the head of a black man was swapped by that of a white man. This event fueled a lot of criticism on the Internet with allegations of racial undercurrents and serious indifference of Microsoft.

Microsoft’s reputation management team immediately spurred to action and went live on Twitter tendering apologies for the marketing blunder and announcing the correction of the mistake.