Anyone else notice their email getting bombarded with spam? Our personal email accounts have been attacked aggressively and I do not know how to stop it.
I get the point. I need to increase my manhood. I need to drink Acai to make me healthier. Oh yes, and I need a new watch. If I buy all of these, will it stop?
According to McAffee, spam now accounts for 92 percent of email. Spam volumes have increased 140% since March, which is the longest run of increasing monthly spam levels. Spam volumes are increasing at 33% per month, which equates to an additional 117 billion emails every day.
The main cause is the growth in botnet activity. Basically, viruses are recruiting computers to act as zombie computers sending out more emails. More than 150,000 new computers per day are recruited via this method. This amounts to 14 million new computers “enslaved” by cybercriminal botnets this quarter, a 16% rise over last quarter.
This graphic from Wired says it all. I had definitely noticed the decrease around the end of 2008 and early 2009. Now it is horrible. I need to escape from the Viagra, Watches, and Acai somehow.
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