[News] [Rival] Microsoft Windows Zombies Emit Well Over 100,000,000,000 SPAM Per Day

[Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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What is the speed of spam? 7.8 billion messages per hour!

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| Spam volumes have doubled, and the Srizbi botnet alone was seen to be capable 
| of pumping out an astonishing 7.8 billion messages an hour. That is probably 
| worth repeating: 7.8 BILLION spams every single hour!  
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/19992/1054/

Virus writers go for Olympic gold

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| These scripts typically redirect surfers to sites controlled by hackers that 
| take advantage of browser vulnerabilities and the like to download malware 
| payloads onto vulnerable Windows PCs.  
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/12/vxer_olympics/

"Spam will be a thing of the past in two years’ time." 

                        --Bill Gates, 2004


"There are no significant bugs in our released software that any significant
number of users want fixed." 

                        --Bill Gates, 1995


"The Internet? We are not interested in it."

                        --Bill Gates, 1993


"Like almost everyone who uses e-mail, I receive a ton of spam every day. Much
of it offers to help me get out of debt or get rich quick. It would be funny
if it weren't so irritating."

                        --Bill Gates

Botking Gates ran away to corrupt some politicians now.  It's easier than
fixing the problem he created.


Recent:

Bots rule in cyberspace

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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses
| and to mine for sensitive personal data.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
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