Spam Comprised 86.6% of All Messages during October 2010

As per a latest study by the security firm Symantec spam encompassed 86.6% of all the messages in October 2010, in comparison to the 89.4% in September 2010. According to the firm, there was a considerable reduction in the global spam volume, with a sharp decline of 47% during August to October 2010, which was the lowest amount of spam observed since September 2009.

This decline is due to the latest shut down of several spam campaign and spammers' arrest. Security experts at the security firm Symantec highlighted that during October 2010, the Netherlands authorities shut down many servers linked with the Bredolab botnet. This measure followed the shutdown of Spamit.com in September 2010, which was a major player in the pharmaceutical spam gang and detentions in the US, UK, and Ukraine suspected members of Zeus phishing Trojan ring.

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