There’s probably just one thing that everyone will agree is the Web’s greatest menace – the four letter word called spam. Bloggers and webmasters are often bogged down by the amount of spam they receive on their Web sites.

A new site now claims to provide a free anti spam block tool that will prevent spam harvesting robots. SpamDisappears has launched with a free anti spam blocker tool that uses ISO hexadecimal notation and prevents spam robots from harvesting email addresses from Web sites.

The process is seemingly simple: by entering an email address into a form, SpamDisappears.com produces code which encrypts the email link so it cannot be read by the robots but can be read by browsers and will continue to work properly.

What’s even more appealing is the fact that the tool is free for all webmasters, bloggers and site owners.

SpamDisappears owner Jeff Morgan said, "Failing to protect web site email links is like handing out 'Spam me' invitations on a silver platter. No responsible webmaster should be publishing naked email links."

Recent studies estimate that spam makes up an incredible 90% of the email sent – that is a lot of spam. Not only is it a waste of our time, it takes up our precious hard disk space on our computers and is also in many cases offensive to our morality. Many spam messages encourage malicious downloads that can compromise user security and enable identity theft. Estimates of identity theft victims run as high as 15 million people per year.

Spam is a not just big menace, it is big business as well and supported by this report from Ferris Research that estimates that spam will cost %140 billion worldwide, out of which $ 42 billion will be in the United States alone. Compare these numbers Ferris with Ferris’ 2007 estimates of $100 billion and $35 million and that shows that the cost of spam has increased substantially over 12 months.

The SpamDisappears Web site also features a free video that clearly describes the problem and how to implement the solution. The entire email protection process takes just minutes, and discourages spam robots while maintaining the functionality of the site.