__/ [ Robert Newson ] on Friday 29 December 2006 14:25 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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> ...
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>> Maybe Microsoft ought to gather mail client statistics and show that 99%
>> of all E-mail comes from the Outlook family (86 billion SPAM per day, and
>> constantly rising).
>
> They probably already do - that's why they're rather silent on the
> matter...
All SPAM, all Microsoft, no exceptions.
http://www.schestowitz.com/temp/screenshots/outlook-spaxpress.png
Spam surge drives net crime spree
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| The tussle between computer security companies trying to protect your PC
| and the bad guys that try to compromise it is often characterised as an
| arms race.
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| [...]
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| Windows is the favourite target of malicious hackers
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| [...]
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| "92.6% of all e-mail messages are spam," said Dan Druker, spokesman for
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| Postini. "That's the highest it's ever been."
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6198113.stm
That in itself gives them a huge 'market share'. During Christmas, Windows
zombies accounted for about 80% of the page requests in my main site.
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