Spam volume reduced, But more Threatening danger

Monthly reports traffic conditions junk messages (Spam) of the world showing a decline. But on the other hand, it increases the level of danger Spam.

In a monthly report Symantec Messaging and Web Security from security companySymantec stated that the world's spam volume has decreased.

In October 2010, according to the report which quoted on Wednesday (11/24/2010),the global spam volume in October 2010 adalh 86.6 percent.

This figure represents 22.5 percent decline from October 2009. Compared to August 2010, declining even reached 47 percent.

Because of this decline is believed to arrest gang spammers Zeus, terminationSpamIt.com site and also turned off the servers associated Bredolab botnet in the Netherlands.

Kaspersky Labs, in a separate report, also said any decrease in the volume of Spamin the third quarter of 2010. The average decline by Kaspersky reach 1.5 points inSeptember 2010 compared to August 2010.

But this decline is no excuse for careless. Because on the other hand there is adangerous increase in spam, that spam is accompanied by viruses or malicious programs. The number of malicious spam messages it has doubled in the third quarter of 2010.
 
Kaspersky said, early in the third quarter of 2010, the percentage of spam withmalware reached 6.3 percent. According to Kaspersky is something that has neverhappened.