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March 18, 2008 | Comments: (0)

How Microsoft is trying to eradicate e-mail

Spam has reached tragic proportions.

Paul Venezia points the finger at none other than Microsoft for that. Now, let's look at some facts.

"Hundreds of thousands of connections, coming from thousands of hosts. What are those hosts anyway? The vast majority of those are exploited Windows systems. They're zombies run by botnet operators," Venezia explains in How Microsoft is trying to eradicate e-mail.

"Let's not mince words here: Botnets are comprised of compromised Windows systems. Thus, Microsoft's massive security failures are at the very core of the spam problem."

And then there's the case of the disappearing e-mails that Microsoft has the temerity to simply never deliver...

Posted by Tom Sullivan on March 18, 2008 07:39 AM


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