Spam Reporter is a powerful tool to stop Spam at the source. Your weapon to help battle the flood of Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE) that is increasingly becoming a deterrent to the effective use of email.

The vast majority of SPAM that you receive in your inbox does not come directly from the Spammer but comes from an innocent Internet user whose computer has been compromised by these Spammers. This is done either by utilizing the a misconfigured mail or proxy server, infecting the user with a special virus or trojan, or by traditional 'hacking' of the system.

While we cannot determine exactly how this innocent user has been used, we can identify them to their Internet Service Provider (ISP) which will take actions with this user to ensure it does not happen again.

Most ISPs User Acceptance Policy (UAP) or Terms of Service clearly spell out that this activity is not condoned. Whether the user is deliberately spamming or is an innocent pawn used by the real spammer, and when identified, the ISP will usually close or suspend their account until a resolution to the problem is accepted. The result? Less spam for us.

Spam Reporter works by attempting to identify the originating Internet Protocol (IP) address by means of the Internet email header. Much of this information is routinely forged by the clever spammer in an attempt to throw us off their trail. Unlike other reporting tools, Spam Reporter actively attempts to determine which of the header information is fake and which is genuine. Once Spam Reporter determines the originating IP address, it will then attempt to find contact information for the owner of that IP. This generally is the ISP.

Once an email address of the ISP is found, a complaint email is created with all the information the ISP requires to identify its user. All you have to do, is click on Send.

Platforms: Win98 , Windows2000 , WinXP

System requirements: Internet connection