You are currently browsing the QBS PC Help Blog weblog archives for the day 13/12/2007.
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| « Nov | Jan » | |||||
| 1 | 2 | |||||
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| 31 | ||||||
- Adobe (1)
- Apple (30)
- Broadband (8)
- Email scams (2)
- Facebook (7)
- Google (14)
- McAfee (2)
- Microsoft (52)
- Mobile (38)
- Mozilla (6)
- MP3 (2)
- MySpace (2)
- Office Tools (12)
- PayPal (1)
- PC Games (9)
- PC tips (25)
- Security (27)
- Skype (1)
- Social Networks (12)
- Software (63)
- Technology News (136)
- Virus Attacks (5)
- Vista (26)
- Web Browsers (17)
- Web Design Tips (13)
- Web Search (3)
- Web Site News (40)
- Windows 7 (2)
- Wireless (4)
- Xbox (1)
- XP (23)
- Yahoo (9)
- YouTube (3)
- 16/05/2008: Apple steps up iPhone roll out
- 15/05/2008: Use MSCONFIG for a faster boot-up
- 14/05/2008: Windows/system32/config/system file is missing
- 12/05/2008: Microsoft launches video on Messenger
- 09/05/2008: Facebook agrees child safety plan
- 08/05/2008: CMOS checksum errors
- 08/05/2008: Fake media file snares PC users
- 06/05/2008: Yahoo search results warn of malware
- 02/05/2008: Safari gamble triples market share
- 01/05/2008: Grand Theft Auto IV breaks UK first day record
QBS Photos
QBS web sites
Sites we like
Archive for 13/12/2007
Nearly 95 percent of e-mail is junk
13/12/2007 by swordfish.
Nearly 95 percent of the e-mail sent in 2007 has been “spam,” junk advertising loathed by its recipients, according to a report released Wednesday by a US Web security firm.
The amount of junk e-mail has sky-rocketed despite a 2004 US CAN-SPAM Act that placed restrictions on sending unwanted messages and sanctioned penalties for “spammers,” according to California-based Barracuda Networks Inc.
Junk messages made up an estimated 70 percent of e-mail the year the act was passed, the Barracuda report indicates.
“The spam war is a continuous battle between spammers and security vendors,” said Barracuda chief executive Dean Drako. “Security vendors now require 24-by-7 defense operations to continuously monitor the Internet for new spam trends and distribute new defensive solutions immediately.”
Barracuda said it based its findings on analysis of more than a billion e-mail messages received daily by its approximately 50,000 customers worldwide.
Spammers cunningly hide their identities by routing e-mails through other people’s websites, blogs or computers, according to Barracuda.
Source: Yahoo News
Posted in Email scams, Technology News | Print | No Comments »