Dynamic combatting of spam and phishing attacks

A processor readable medium having computer-executable instructions, wherein the execution of the computer-executable instructions provides for detecting an abusive activity by enabling actions, including:

• generating at least one robot that is configured to proactively send a first message within a chat room, to receive and to analyze a response to the first message, and if the response indicates an abusive activity, determining a source of the response;
• receiving the response, and the determined source of the response, from the at least one robot;
• dynamically revising a filter to block another message based on the determined source or the response;
• and
• dynamically training the at least one robot based on the response and the determined source.

A computer robot for detecting abusive activity within a messaging application over a network, comprising:

• deploying passively within a first messaging application, without advertising an identifier;
• listening for a message directed to the robot;
• if a message is received within the first messaging application, directed to the unadvertised robot's identifier:
• identifying the message as abusive activity;
• determining a source of the message;
• and
• providing the message, and the determined source of the message to a network device for use in filtering another message from the determined source, and to further train the robot to monitor for another message from the determined source in a second messaging application.

A method of detecting an abusive activity over a network within a messaging application, comprising:

• generating a computer robot that is configured to proactively send a first message within a first messaging application, to receive and to analyze a response to the first message, and if the response indicates an abusive activity, determining a source of the response;
• dynamically revising a filter to block another message from the determined source or based on the response;
• and
• dynamically training the computer robot based on the response or the determined source, such that the computer robot is enabled to detect another abusive activity based, in part, on the response or the determined source in another messaging application.