March spam and viruses statistics.Softscan have announced that spam E-mail that is not requested. Also known as "unsolicited commercial e-mail" (UCE), "unsolicited bulk e-mail" (UBE), "gray mail" and just plain "junk mail," the term is both a noun (the e-mail message) and a verb (to send it). levels has marginally dropped from last month's high of 90.3%, but still remained at an alarming 89.09% of all emails scanned. Virus levels continue to be low at just 0.6%. Although a relatively uneventful month for both spare and viruses, the fact that spam continues to remain high demonstrates the persistence (1) In a CRT, the time a phosphor dot remains illuminated after being energized. Long-persistence phosphors reduce flicker, but generate ghost-like images that linger on screen for a fraction of a second. of spammers and the success rates of their 'email campaigns'. "One only has to look at the reports of the so called 'spam king' being sued by MySpace to realise that something is wrong with the system. If someone can be ordered to give back over $4m for a previous offence OFFENCE, crimes. The doing that which a penal law forbids to be done, or omitting to do what it commands; in this sense it is nearly synonymous with crime. (q.v.) In a more confined sense, it may be considered as having the same meaning with misdemeanor, (q.v. and still go on to allegedly commit similar actions again, it shows that the punishment was by no means a deterrent de·ter·rent adj. Tending to deter: deterrent weapons. n. 1. Something that deters: a deterrent to theft. 2. ," comments Diego d'Ambra, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. of SoftScan. "A tougher stance by law enforcement globally, alongside educating users to the risks they take if they respond to these emails, is required." Virus levels remain steady accounting for just 0.6% of total email scanned. The top five virus families in March were 1--phishing: 92.09% 2--netsky: -3.38% 3--mytob: 1.27% 4--bagle: 0.86% 5--stration: 0.56% www.softscan.com |
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