spam bot
Automated inbox polluter
A spam bot is an automated program that sends unsolicited messages in bulk—junk emails, fake comments, promotional posts on social media.
The term combines spam (unwanted mass communications) with bot (software that performs repetitive tasks).
Spam bots flood inboxes and comment sections, often promoting scams or malware: The forum was overrun by spam bots posting links to fake pharmaceuticals.
- automatedOperating without human control
- junkWorthless discarded items
- emailDigital written communication
- crawlerSomething that inches along
- social mediaOnline content-sharing platforms
fake followers · burner account · phishing · malware · comments · email blast · trolling · comment section · scam · filter · blacklist · marketing · bulk · flooding · junk mail · network · links · suspicious
- Digital EntitiesAI, chatbot, virtual assistant, AI assistant, AI chatbot
- botschatbot, chatbots, botnets, botnet, fake followers
- malwarevirus, viruses, worm, worms, trojan horse
- Cyberattack Toolsmalware, botnet, rootkit, ransomware, spyware
- unwanted softwareadware, bloatware, crapware, grayware, junkware