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[News] 90%+ of E-mail is Windows Zombie Spewage

'9 out of 10 e-mails now spam'

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| Criminal gangs using hijacked computers are behind a surge in unwanted 
| e-mails peddling sex, drugs and stock tips.
| 
| The number of "spam" messages has tripled since June and now accounts for 
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| as many as nine out of 10 e-mails sent worldwide, according to U.S. email 
| security company Postini.
| 
| [...]
| 
| "E-mail systems are overloaded or melting down trying to keep up with all
| the spam," said Dan Druker, a vice president at Postini.
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/11/27/uk.spam.reut/index.html?eref=rss_tech


Increased spam levels connected with aggressive botnet activities 

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| MessageLabs announced the results of its MessageLabs Intelligence
| Report for October 2006. In this report, MessageLabs highlights the
| sudden increase in spam levels as spammers gear up to the holiday
| season, attributed to a huge rise in recent botnet activities and the
| latest outbreak of the Warezov virus, responsible for dropping an
| aggressive spam Trojan.
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http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=4359

Deconstructing a 'Pump-and-Dump' Spam Trojan

http://www.eweek.com/slideshow_viewer/0,1205,l=&s=25954&a=194164&po=4,00.asp

        99.95% is Microsoft Windows

Someone should pass a bill which isolates Windows PC's from the Internet.

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