If your site has a ‘form’, which collects visitor information, be aware that spammer’s software uses this feature to send you unwanted emails. The solution to stopping those emails is straightforward and effective: Have your webmaster install a CAPTCHA on your ‘form’.   CAPTCHA is an acronym for ‘Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart’.  You can find a good example on our site’s Contact Us page at: http://www.socalwebworx.com/contact_us.php

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A CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) is a type of challenge-response test used in computing to ensure that the response is not generated by a computer. The process usually involves one computer asking a user to complete a simple test which the computer is able to generate and grade. Because other computers are unable to solve the CAPTCHA, any user entering a correct solution is presumed to be human.

CAPTCHA’s are used to prevent automated software from performing actions which degrade the quality of service of a given system, whether due to abuse or resource expenditure.

Additional information and resources are available at: http://www.captcha.net

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