More than 90% of email is spam

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 22, 2006

Spamhaus founder estimates spam levels significantly higher than other industry monitors.

Spamhaus founder Steve Linford estimates that spam accounts for more than 90% of all email traffic on the Internet.

Speaking to OUT-LAW Radio the founder of UK-based spam advisory organisation said: 'Spam is over 90% of all email traffic on the Internet. The sheer volume of spam is massive' He went on to postulate that Internet users might not notice such high volumes of spam because many ISPs and networks use his organisation's service, thus reducing the amount of spam seen by the end users.

Spamhaus recently received notice that an Illinois court has passed a judgement demanding it pay $11.7 million in damages to a spammer it labelled a spammer. (Read the story here.) When asked about the lawsuit, Linford told OUT-LAW Radio 'We don't defend ourselves in foreign courts ... We tell them "if you want to sue us, come to Britain." None of them ever have because Britain has "loser pays".'

Listen to the full interview on OUT-LAW.com.

Find out more about the spam problem at the Virus Bulletin conference (11-13 October, Montréal), where amongst others, Ross Thomas and Dmitry Samosseiko (Sophos) will present their paper 'The game goes on: an analysis of modern spam techniques'.

See the full VB2006 conference programme here or click here to register now.

Posted on 22 September 2006 by Virus Bulletin

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