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It looks like spam volume has taken a turn for the better, at least for now.

After a couple of years of playing a shell game with security researchers, spam giant McColo Corp. was finally disconnected. Hosting major operations related to porn, credit card theft, fraud and other nefarious criminal activities, McColo posed as a legitimate corporate entity and conducted it’s business operations in Silicon Valley. On a global level, McColo is reportedly accountable for anywhere fro 50 to 75 percent of all spam activity on the planet.

http://blog.trendmicro.com/spam-volume-plummets-as-i... 

We are having some very good news today from the anti-spam battlefield with Washington Post reporting on a significant victory in the never-ending battle which has resulted in a drastic decrease in the volume of spam worldwide. The reason is simple: earlier today a web hosting firm McColo Corp. that served as a major host of numerous spam activities was disconnected from the internet.

http://profy.com/2008/11/12/enjoy-less-spam-in-your-... 

Yesterday BBC reported on a study carried out after a working spam network had been hijacked by scientists from University of California, Berkeley and UC, San Diego. The network studied uses infected home computers to send junk mail in mass volumes instead of using servers of its own. It is reported that at one time the network controlled over a million of machines.

To make the study possible the scientists seized control over a small part of the network and sent out spam messages themselves to see how recipients will react.

http://profy.com/2008/11/11/you-thought-spam-was-an-... 

In today's uncertain and, well, terrifying economic climate, it's good to think ahead. While we don't want to alarm you, basically your company could go broke at any second and you'll be out on the street. Even worse, it's in their best interest to keep it from you until the very last moment. All you have are the emails that arrive in your inbox, the high-level assistant who loves to gossip and your nose for bullshit.

Here are six warning signs that you might just be on a sinking ship.

http://www.cracked.com/article_16676_6-emails-you-ge... 

This site is very simple - you enter a text, provide a word for encoding the text, and the encrypted output looks just like spam. Almost perfect.

http://www.spammimic.com/ 

The one-stop service to protect your network and yourself from spammers, hackers, and to leave no tracks on the net.

http://www.anonymizer.com/ 

The rare info on how to bait spammers carefully, without revealing any of your own private information. Visit the Trophy room, the mug shots,

http://419eater.com/html/baiting.htm 

source for security information, scams, fraud, hi-tech news, spam, spies, terrorists

http://www.forbiddensource.com/ 

These keep ALL clean & are all FREE--I save them to a file for friends. I'm assuming you have a trojan or something nasty to get rid of--these will work but it all takes time to download.