The State of Spam email today

Research has found that while Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are getting better at detecting and blocking spam emails, the problem is actually getting worse.

While less spam emails are reaching users mailboxes the actual amount of spam moving around the internet has certainly not decreased and may well be increasing.

In addition, while spam used to just be a method to try and sell herbal remedies or products to increase sexual performance, it is now being used to spread much more vicious content. Viruses, Spyware and keylogging software are just some of the threats that are now being found in spam emails.

Microsoft say that nine out of ten emails in their Hotmail email system are spam. However, they claim to block 95% of this unwanted email, preventing it from ever reaching anybody's inbox.

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