A survey of awareness, knowledge and perception of online spam

Farida Ridzuan; Vidyasagar Potdar; Wendy Hui

A survey of awareness, knowledge and perception of online spam

Farida Ridzuan, Vidyasagar Potdar, Wendy Hui

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

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Abstract

Online spam does not only create nuisance for the Internet users, they could also lead to further and bigger problems such as hacking, phishing, etc. It is well known that online spam are currently handled using detection and prevention methods. Despite the effectiveness of these methods in reducing the proliferation of online spam, it is also known that spammers will continue to find ways to promote spam. They deceive users who may lack awareness and knowledge about this crime. Therefore, it is important to investigate Internet users' awareness of online spam, how much knowledge they actually have about online spam, and their perception of online spam. This paper provides a descriptive analysis of public awareness, knowledge and perception drawn out from a web based survey involving 368 Internet users. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first such survey that has ever been conducted to highlight these issues. © 2012 AICIT.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2012 7th International Conference on Computing and Convergence Technology (ICCIT, ICEI and ICACT), ICCCT 2012
Pages	1106-1110
Publication status	Published - 2012
Externally published	Yes
Event	2012 7th International Conference on Computing and Convergence Technology (ICCIT, ICEI and ICACT), ICCCT 2012 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of Duration: 3 Dec 2012 → 5 Dec 2012

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Conference	2012 7th International Conference on Computing and Convergence Technology (ICCIT, ICEI and ICACT), ICCCT 2012
Place	Korea, Republic of
City	Seoul
Period	3/12/12 → 5/12/12

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awareness
knowledge
Online spam
perception
Spam 2.0
survey

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Ridzuan, F, Potdar, V & Hui, W 2012, A survey of awareness, knowledge and perception of online spam. in Proceedings - 2012 7th International Conference on Computing and Convergence Technology (ICCIT, ICEI and ICACT), ICCCT 2012., 6530501, pp. 1106-1110, 2012 7th International Conference on Computing and Convergence Technology (ICCIT, ICEI and ICACT), ICCCT 2012, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 3/12/12.

A survey of awareness, knowledge and perception of online spam. / Ridzuan, Farida; Potdar, Vidyasagar; Hui, Wendy.
Proceedings - 2012 7th International Conference on Computing and Convergence Technology (ICCIT, ICEI and ICACT), ICCCT 2012. 2012. p. 1106-1110 6530501.

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

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