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Rustock Botnet Responsible For 40% of Spam

Posted by timothy on from the long-walk-short-plank dept.

angry tapir writes "More than 40 percent of the world's spam is coming from a single network of computers that computer security experts continue to battle, according to new statistics from Symantec's MessageLabs' division. The Rustock botnet has shrunk since April, when about 2.5 million computers were infected with its malicious software that sent about 43 billion spam e-mails per day. Much of it is pharmaceutical spam."

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  1. Re:Somebody by creat3d · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Looks like someone just got dumped!

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    Grammar nazis are to this community what excrements are to gold.
  2. Re:Oh PAH-LEEEZE by shentino · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    And only on Slashdot does your comment get the points for a "funny" mod without you getting the boost in karma that usually goes with it.

  3. Re:Pharmaceutical by AmonTheMetalhead · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You know, after what i heard about US 'healthcare' it seems to me it's cheaper to book a flight to Europe & get treated there than it is to stay in the US....