Email Spam & Virus Attacks Set New Record Levels - posted by Day Tooley
How nice. An old friend has sent me an email greeting card. Just click here …
Yikes! These buggers carry more of a wallop than a Howler message at Hogwarts!
According to Postini (the anti-spam/anti-virus application we use and provide at EasyStreet) the 125 million infected email messages intercepted during the first week in July was the most active week in more than 2 years.
But wait. A new virus storm has been ravaging the Internet since July 16th that has spewed more than half a billion virus-infected messages. This is 14 times larger than any attack in the past two years.
If you receive one of these loaded email messages and click the link, a generic software downloader is secretly installed that allows hackers to download more malware to your computer.
Be careful out there. You-Know-Who is sending attachments to you. Better yet, get behind some good anti-spam/anti-virus protection. Even the best protection is not 100% effective in this dynamic chess game between the spammers and the protectors.
If you have a personal experience to share, I would appreciate your comments.
August 8th, 2007 by Day Tooley- No Related Posts
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