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[Asrg] 2. Spam Measurements - Analysis - Spam Delivery

2003-08-12 18:32:36
According to Message Labs, Inc. in this recent MSNBC article (http://www.msnbc.com/news/940853.asp) over 70% of all spam is sent via hijacked computers. This supports what Barry Shein has been saying for some time and we need to take this factor into account.

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"Researchers say hundreds of thousands of vulnerable computers are being used to launch spam campaigns now. In fact, 70 percent of all spam is now sent this way, according to anti-spam firm Message Labs Inc. ù and perhaps 6 to 7 billion spam messages are routed through hacked home computers."
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