Spam Volumes Drop by Two-Thirds After Firm Goes Offline

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Spam Volumes Drop by Two-Thirds After Firm Goes Offline

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The volume of junk e-mail sent worldwide plummeted on Tuesday after a Web hosting firm identified by the computer security community as a major host of organizations engaged in spam activity was taken offline.

Experts say the precipitous drop-off in spam comes from Internet providers unplugging McColo Corp., a hosting provider in Northern California that was the home base for machines responsible for coordinating the sending of roughly 75 percent of all spam each day.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securi ... after.html

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Post by rick752 »

Great news.

Hang the bastards! :twisted:

(we need a 'hangman' emoticon) :D
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Post by Gnintendo »

COOL! :D
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