Thursday, August 11, 2005

Most Spam Sent From Zombies

Via TechWeb News.

For the third straight month, most of the spam sent across the Internet originated on zombie machines, hijacked computers remotely controlled by spammers, a mail security firm said Thursday.

According to Denver-based MX Logic, 56 percent of the spam it tracked during July was sent by zombies infected with a malicious Trojan horse and transformed into a spam-spewing monster. That's down from June's 62 percent, but up slightly from May's 55 percent.

"Hijacked PCs have become not only the preferred distribution tool for spammers, but also a primary source of Internet pollution," said Scott Chasin, the chief technology officer at MX Logic, in a statement.

MX Logic also said that the percentage of unsolicited commercial e-mail complying with the federal anti-spam CAN SPAM Act ticked up a bit in July. Last month, 4 percent of all unsolicited mail met the law's requirements; in June, that figure was 3 percent, also the average since Can Spam went into effect in January 2004.

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