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Has Mass-Mailed Malware Peaked?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the still-a-huge-percentage-of-my-inbox dept.

Ant writes "Broadband Reports posted a CRN article about researcher saying mass-mailed worms have reached their peak. Six years ago, on March 26, 1999, Melissa, the first virus that spread by mailing copies of itself to e-mail addresses it found on infected machines, swept the Internet. Today, the researcher who led authorities to the hacker who wrote Melissa, says that mass-mailed worms have reached their peak."

2 of 221 comments (clear)

  1. Good by iced_773 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    If mass-marketed malware has peaked, then it will only come down.

  2. Harry potter by badriram · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Your post reminded me of harry potter. He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named

    Always cracks me up