Anthony Peacock wrote:
Hi,
Marc Perkel wrote:
I'm wondering if anyone is noticing an increase in the number of
virus infected computers sending spam? Last month my hostkarma
blacklist had about 700,000 IPs of infected computers. Today it's
1,200,000. I do have some new customers who have a lot of spam. But
just wondering where the jump came from.
No facts here, just based on gut feeling and evidence from previous
years.
All those computers that were bought as Christmas presents, get
connected to the internet, either without proper protection, or with a
trial version of a virus scanner whose licence for updates runs out
after 30 days?
That's an interesting theory. I hadn't thought of that.
BTW, Vista and viruses - is Vista any more virus resistant than XP? Do
viruses need to be rewritten for XVista or is Vista XP virus compatible?
