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Re: UK ISP's Fear Windows Zombies

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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Thursday 06 July 2006 08:48 \__
> 
>> Where do the other 30% originate from?
> 
> I imagine that if you live in 'exotic' places, you can launch this from your
> own box (active as opposed to passive mode) without having your ISP complain
> too much. It's merely a speculation though. Symantec gauged zombies'
> proportion of spam at 80% in the past, so perhaps the other 20% could not be
> confirmed. Maybe the statistical data was unbalanced.
> 

Other traditional spam sources include open mail relays (still prevalent
in some parts of the world), disposable mail accounts, and so on.

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