How Spammers Attack You with 'Ratware'

Have you received offers for porn or pharmaceuticals by email? Have you been invited to transfer 20 million dollars into your account from Nigeria? If you've been spammed by emails like this, then you have been attacked by ratware. You see, ratware is the customized software that spammers use to burst-send millions of illegal messages. And this is how it works... (photo by Photographers Choice / Getty Images)