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Stories about: spam trends

86 Percent of All Emails Sent in September Were Spam According to a report from antivirus giant Symantec, spam messages amounted for over 86% of all emails sent last month. Meanwhile, the number of emails distributing malware has increased nine times since August and now represents 1.3% of all spam.Symantec's monthly State of Spam report (PDF) reveals that spam tr... 12 October 2009 04:58 GMT USA Was the Top Spam-Relaying Country During Q2 2009 According to a report on spam trends for the second quarter of 2009, released by antivirus vendor Sophos, the U.S. were the primary source of junk mails for the past few months. Meanwhile, Brazil came in second, a place previously occupied by Russia during the same period in 2008. Sophos compiled what it calls the ... 20 July 2009 09:53 GMT Google: Spam Volume Back to pre-McColo Takedown Levels Google has released its "Spam data and trends" report for the first quarter of 2009. According to the  statistics compiled by the Google security and archiving team, during the last half of March, the weekly spam volume has been the same as before the McColo ISP, a former cybercrime haven shut down last November... 1 April 2009 03:58 GMT