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Anti-SPAM News
A few months ago, we told you what your public officials are doing to protect you from SPAM. In late April, the law caught up with two Michigan spammers who are accused of sending hundreds of thousands of SPAM emails to clog-up your inbox.
The Department of Justice recently announced the arrest of two Detroit-area men allegedly responsible for sending hundreds of thousands of commercial electronic mail messages advertising diet patches and other devices, while using false and fraudulent headers to hide their identities.
These are the first criminal charges under the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Marketing and Pornography ("CAN-SPAM") Act, which essentially criminalizes spamming.
"This prosecution clearly demonstrates the benefits of a concerted effort by the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission and Internet Service Providers," said Assistant Attorney General Christopher Wray. "We will not allow marketers who barrage the public with unwanted commercial email to prey on consumers, businesses and families."
According to court documents, the four defendants named in the complaint are allegedly responsible for sending out hundreds of thousands of messages advertising medical and other products, which resulted in over 10,000 complaints to the Federal Trade Commission’s unsolicited electronic mail database since Jan. 1, 2004.
Felony violations of the CAN-SPAM Act carry a penalty of up to three or five years imprisonment.
At EagleNet, we are doing everything we can to maximize your Internet experience, which includes blocking as much SPAM as we can before it reaches your in-box. We take our hats off to the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission, two fellow “Good Guys” in the efforts to stop SPAM.
Top 10 Viruses And Hoaxes
The top ten viruses in April 2004 were as follows:
| 1. | W32/Netsky-P | 23.19% |
| 2. | W32/Netsky-B | 20.16% |
| 3. | W32/Netsky-D | 16.76% |
| 4. | W32/Netsky-C | 4.99% |
| 5. | W32/Netsky-Q | 2.79% |
| 6. | W32/Sober-F | 1.14% |
| 7. | W32/Netsky-J | 0.78% |
| 8. | W32/Bagle-Zip | 0.64% |
| 9. | W32/Gibe-F | 0.22% |
| 10. | W32/Netsky-T | 0.21% |
| Others | 29.12% |
"The month of April showered unprotected computer users with several Netsky variants, which if protected with automatic anti-virus updating, would have avoided getting hit," said Chris Kraft, senior security analyst at Sophos, Inc.
The top ten viruses in April 2004 were as follows:
| 1. | Hotmail hoax | 14.4% |
| 2. | Meninas da Playboy | 11.2% |
| 3. | A virtual card for you | 9.1% |
| 4. | Bonsai kitten | 7.3% |
| 5. | JDBGMGR | 6.0% |
| 6. | WTC Survivor | 5.1% |
| 7. | Budweiser frogs screensaver | 5.0% |
| 8. | Bill Gates fortune | 4.7% |
| 9. | Jamie Bulger | 3.6% |
| 10. | Nigerian letter | 1.8% |
| Others | 31.8% |
"A new entry to the hoax chart this month is the Nigerian letter scam," continued Kraft. "Several versions of this letter exist, which are all designed to deceive and extort money from email users. Hoaxes can be just as disruptive and costly as a genuine virus. End users and network administrations can avoid falling prey by keeping informed about the latest hoaxes from a reliable source, such as Sophos."
Source: Sophos.com
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