What's With All This Spam?

coondoggie writes to mention a Network World article about soaring spam levels, confirmed now by researchers, IT managers, and security vendors. So, indeed, it's not just you: October was a spammy month. From the article: "Levine's assumption is this spike in spam levels is a result of a new generation of viruses and zombies that can infect PCs more quickly and are harder to get rid of. In its October report, messaging security vendor MessageLabs says the spike is largely due to two Trojan programs, Warezov and SpamThru. Others say a new breed of spam messages called image spam -- messages with text embedded in an image file that evade spam filters, which can't recognize the words inside the image -- is responsible." A note: I have no interest in penny stocks.

Comments

Whatever!

[Anonymous Coward]

  It's almost Christmas season. Let's just calm down for a second and think...why NOT have all the adverts delivered right my inbox? Instead of hunting for the best deal, I know where the BEST V1AGRA PILZ are immediately! WOOT

In case you're not getting enough...

[mgkimsal2]

spam, due to all the filtering, I'm starting a collection. You can watch my spam at http://www.watchmyspam.com/ RSS feeds and a mailing list are coming soon - we're still in beta right now...

Re:In case you're not getting enough...

[ADRenalyn]

Thanks-- as a Gmail user, I've been wondering what this "Spam" stuff is.

Re:Domain owners: Set up SPF NOW!!!

[turnipsatemybaby]

That's all well and good, but I find it frustrating that with all the talk about SPF, I have yet to see any recommendations on the SPF level.

I mean, is SPF 15 good enough? I have fair skin, so I've always used SPF 45.

Also, which brand is preferable? Coppertone?