ALSO CALLED: Antispyware, Antispyware Software, and Anti-Spy Software DEFINITION: A spam cocktail (or anti-spam cocktail) is the use of several different technologies in combination to successfully identify and minimize spam. The use of multiple mechanisms increases the accuracy of spam identification and reduces the number of false positives.
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ANTI-SPYWARE SOFTWARE DEFINITION (continued): … cocktail puts each e-mail message through a series of tests that provides a numeric score showing how likely the message is to be spam. Scores are computed and the message is assigned a probability rating. For example, it may be determined that a message has 85% probability that it is spam. E-mail administrators can create rules that govern how the messages are handled based on their scores; the highest scores may be deleted, medium scores may quarantined, and lower scores may be delivered but marked … Anti-Spyware Software definition sponsored by SearchSecurity.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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