Why Spam is Growing and Taking Over Our Email

Rob sent me this this morning (my "man-behind-the-scenes" husband):

Spam returns Worldwide spam traffic has doubled this year despite a broad push to stamp out junk e-mails. It now accounts for 9 of every 10 e-mails sent over the Internet. Three years ago, Microsoft's Bill Gates said the problem would be "solved by 2006." Spammers have sidestepped software that spots suspect senders by routing messages through computers infected with rogue programs so they will relay spam without their owners' knowledge. "Imagine an archvillain who has a new thumbprint every time he puts his thumb down," said Patrick Peterson, vice president of technology for Ironport. (The New York Times, free registration required) Read it here: http://finance.yahoo.com/columnist/article/business/16940

Keep in mind also that a lot of viruses that have been sent around over the past two years are starting to work on computers of people who are unaware that they are actually living inside the computer or email program. These viruses are sending out mass amounts of Spam using regular folk's computers as the "host" computer at massive rates..

Although the Internet has made our lives easier and created a lot of new industry, the dark side is that people have capitalized on it and are using it in a wasteful way. Let's hope our government starts to crack down on some of these spammers soon.