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Comments: 4 +-   New botnet beats Storm, accounts for 32% of spam on Thursday January 31 2008, @11:59PM Stony Stevenson

Submitted by Stony Stevenson on Thursday January 31 2008, @11:59PM
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Stony Stevenson writes "A new botnet that distributes male sexual enhancement pills spam has overtaken the notorious Storm worm botnet as the largest single source of the world's spam according to security vendor Marshal. Dubbed Mega-D, the botnet currently accounts for 32 percent of all spam, 11 percent more than the Storm botnet which peaked at 21 percent in September 2007. The botnet started about 4 months ago but has been steadily increasing since then. It is also using news headlines to trick victims into opening the spam, a technique synonymous with the Storm worm."
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  • Thanks for your generous contribution to the Plant, Bill. We'll never forget you.

    • ...Way to blow the punch line... preview and all. Do over....


      "Thanks for your generous contribution to the Planet, Bill. We'll never forget you."


      ... and this time I mean it.

      • "Thanks for your generous contribution to the Plant, Bill. We'll never forget you."

        I'm glad you corrected that - I was struggling to follow along. "Feed me, Seymour!" ?
        • I can see where that would confuse people. It's not a Bill Murray reference, it's the Other Bill. Click of the Submit button followed by sound of forehead smacking. Somehow I thought that might retract the post.
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