Trading culture

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Despite being a problem since the early days of the internet and e-mail, spam remains a key concern in online security.
   
The growth of stock market-related spam is causing concern, Mr Cluley said, because of the temptation to lure unsuspecting people into potentially illegal activities.
A majority of spam still offers items for sale, pornography or sex- and medical-related products.
But Mr Cluley suggested that a long-standing north American culture of small-time day-trading has encouraged spammers.
Millions of domestic e-mail clients allow automatic downloading of HTML e-mails that contain graphics which may link to spam.
Security firms advise users to use a spam filter, delete unsolicited messages and never respond to offers.