On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:36:16 -0500, Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
> On 16 Oct 2006 07:03:22 -0700, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Email servers will choke, says Spamhaus
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>>| Spamhaus has a user base of around 650 million, and its lists block
>>| some fifty billion spams per day, according to the project's chief
>>| executive, Steve Linford.
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>> http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/0D57068854E92584CC2572060013C0EF
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>> It's important to remember where it all comes from.
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>> Zombie PCs menace mankind
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>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/07/symantec_net_threat_report_2h2005/
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>> Zombie PCs spew out 80% of spam
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>>| Trojans and worms with backdoor components such as Migmaf and SoBig
>>| have turned infected Windows PCs into drones in vast networks of
>>| compromised zombie PCs.
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>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/04/trojan_spam_study/
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> Yes, it's important to blame Windows for spam, since Spam never existed
> before Windows, and will never exist after Windows is gone.
>
> Right.
Erik, do you run a mail server? Do you understand that the majority of
spam comes from COMPROMISED Windows Machines? Any I don't mean just 51%...
Some estimates place it at 80%.
In 2004, William Gates III stated that the spam problem will be solved in
2 years. Well, we're still waiting for him to fix his broken and insecure
Operating System. I'm not going to hold my breath.
Yes, I blame WINDOWS for the spam problem because its security holes have
allowed this blight.
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