Most Spam Comes From Just Six Botnets 268
Ezhenito noted some research pointing out the (maybe) surprising bit of research that 6 botnets are responsible for 85 percent of the world's spam. That seems a bit high to me, but the only aspect of spam I am an expert in is *getting* it.
Who needs 6? (Score:5, Funny)
Distributed projects (Score:5, Funny)
I believe this figure could be much larger if the Trojan.Srizbi client was ported to Mac and linux
Anyone know what licence it's distributed under?
Re:Hmm (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Hmm (Score:4, Funny)
microsoft is fixing spam just like they fixed viruses.
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Re:Distributed projects (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Who needs 6? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Hmm (Score:0, Funny)
Re:Distributed projects (Score:3, Funny)
Hmm, well that explains a lot.
You have overlooked a more permanent solution. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Hmm (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Anti-bots? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Hmm (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Hmm (Score:3, Funny)
Doing this will prevent any sort of malicious command from being run in the future.