Most Spam Comes From Just Six Botnets

Ezhenito noted some research pointing out the (maybe) surprising bit of research that 6 botnets are responsible for 85 percent of the world's spam. That seems a bit high to me, but the only aspect of spam I am an expert in is *getting* it.

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Re:Most Spam Comes from just Six Bots, not Botnets

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You are forgetting something. And that is Windows. Even the absolute best AV product cannot block every threat, why? Because Windows is closed-source and MS has a monopoly. Whereas Linux distros are hurrying to be the quickest to create a package for the newest flaw that comes out, there is no competition in the commercial OS department so MS can take their time in patching it. Also, you are forgetting about how most AV products are commercial and therefore won't detect some threats such as the Sony Rootkits, government produced malware and might take bribes from the malware authors themselves to not be detected.