McAfee tries Test-a-Spam experiment for a month

Mc Afee has announced that it will conduct an experiment with 50 volunteers to find out the extent of spam has invaded and influenced daily internet users' life, 30 years after the first spam email was sent.

The experiment, called the S.P.A.M (Spammed Persistently All Month) experiment, is a tribute to Morgan Spurlock's attempt to live on Mc Donald's fast food for 30 days in his award winning documentary, "Supersize me".

The 50 volunteers chosen will be keeping an online diary of their SPAM related experiences; five UK users have been chosen - including a 66 year old retired web user - and their computers will have anti-spam protection removed.