Thursday, August 11, 2005

How can there be so much spam?

Where does all this spam come from?

There seems to be no end to the parade of viagra, penis enlargement, pharmacy and
financial commercial email - not to mention the tirade of phishing attacks that
try and make you think you need to update personal information in order that
someone can intercept your personal credentials.

We discuss some of the latest trends, dangers and ways of dealing with spam
on our spam blocker tips website, but wow, where does it all come from?

Have you ever wondered about the sheer volume? Doesn't it make sense that wherever
there is such a large volume of unwanted traffic, you could discover the sources and
charge the unwanted spammers?

Truth is - most spam comes from hijacked, legitimate PC's.

Take a look at this interesting article on the source of today's spam:

Zombie PC's Spewing Spam

Suddenly - it should become very obvious, spam will only get worse in a very big way
as more pc's are hi-jacked and still more are brought online everday.

Jeff
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