agsteele Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 (edited) Readers may be interested in this report from the BBC's technology pages. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5219554.stm It seems that two US companies, Return Path and IronPort, are now estimating that only 5% of all messages are legitimate. 80% comes from what are described as 'compromised hosts' with Return Path claiming that 99% of the computers it monitors being taken over by trojans and viruses. FYI Andrew Edited July 28, 2006 by agsteele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farelf Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Readers may be interested in this report from the BBC's technology pages. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5219554.stm It seems that two US companies, Return Path and IronPort, are now estimating that only 5% of all messages are legitimate. 80% comes from what are described as 'compromised hosts' with Return Path claiming that 99% of the computers it monitors being taken over by trojans and viruses. ... Thanks Andrew - possibly worth checking IronPort's release on spam trends too (though well-salted with copious trumpeting): http://www.ironport.com/company/ironport_pr_2006-06-28.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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