Spam Rates Are Back Up

The Web hosting service McColo was shut down earlier this month, as it has been proven beyond reasonable doubt that the company was indeed responsible for about three quarters of the worldwide Internet spam. Two of their ISPs ended their collaboration with McColo after they were provided undeniable proof that McColo had connections with botnets and cyber-crooks. According to Symantec and their MessageLabs, it seems that McColo was the host of a whooping 80% of the spam that filled your inbox. Since McColo was closed down, the Internet has enjoyed a full two weeks of better traffic, with less spam. After these two weeks were up, it appears that spammers have managed to find new Internet Service Providers and also bandwidth providers. The spammers needed new ISPs after McColo got disconnected from Hurricane Electric.

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