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A few months ago, the Federal Trade Commission worked to shut down the spammy behavior of one California-based ISP called McColo. The company was found to be hosting a number of so-called botnets (groups of computers that send e-mails and spread malicious software) that were responsible for a huge portion of the world's spam. When McColo was shut down, inboxes around the world breathed a sigh of relief. Now, two months later, spam levels have still not recovered.
According to virus-protection company McAfee, spam levels are still at only 60-percent what they were before the take-down in November. Meanwhile, Symantec is a bit more pessimistic, saying we're at 80-percent. Neither, however, is optimistic enough to say that spam levels will stay this low, with estimates indicating that by June or July we'll have just as much spam as before -- and likely more.
So, enjoy these halcyon days while you can, as they won't last for long. [From: ars technica]
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Subscribe to commentsBruceJan 14th 2009 5:51PM
I notice a major increase in spam the very next day after the "spam shut down" and still to this day I am getting approx. 50 spams a day when I used to get about 6
TammyJan 14th 2009 3:14PM
This is very true. My spam folder use to have at least 30 a day in it and now some days there arent any.. 1 or 2 a day is average. It is nice!
MatthewJan 16th 2009 3:48PM
Volume seems the same to me. Probably depends what list you are on I would guess. I've been getting a bunch of the Nigerian ones these days. Can't believe anyone ever went for those. Best thing is just a good filter like SpamBully or spam bayes. Makes it more bearable.