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Spam Slows Australian Net Traffic

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the crippling-a-land-down-under dept.

JohnPM writes "A sudden, sustained surge in traffic has slowed Australian email drastically over the past week. Spam and computer viruses are believed to be largely responsible."

3 of 205 comments (clear)

  1. BitTorrent by Anonymous+Coed · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The surge in traffic is probably due to the explosive growth in popularity of BitTorrent.

  2. Re:mIRC exploit? by Chatmag · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In Windows, its Start>Shut Down>Shut Down>OK

    --
    Pete Carr Owner Chatmag.com
  3. as a vegitarian... by seriv · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I saw we should stop spam trafficing, it is time to put an end to these (various) processed meats Products!!
    -Seriv