Spam getting less? Woot!

[Kloofvreter]

Or is it just coincidence? Yesterday I cleared my Gmail spam folder, and this morning there was only 5 viagra and other online certification offers. Cleared it again this morning, and it's still empty. What happened to the usual 30+ per day? Perhaps that McColo thing that was shut down?

 

[PsyWulf]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/08/mega_d_returns/

Only 1 of the 3 botnets affected by that shutdown is still offline,the others are back with a vengeance

 

[Kloofvreter]

Perhaps Google made some changes to their spam filters

 

[dam]

I'm also getting much less spam nowadays, not just my gmail addy but my other accounts as well.

 

[Shake&Bake]

Much less spam here on the forums of late as well.
Well that I've seen anyway

 

[<moLe>]

fighting crime with the power of his gaze alone.

Measure of a man's man haha

 

[<moLe>]

spam died!

 

[Kloofvreter]

Is there any sort of board that I can report spammers to?

 

[DeadCore]

i had 20 today thats hell weird one where a guy asks for gold a other for a guy saying he is an african rebel weird stuff.

 

[Asha'man X]

The botnets are like the mythical Hydra monster. Just when you take the head off of one, it regrows another head. That's exactly what happened with the McColo business. There was a golden oppurtunity to strike more blows against these filthy companies, but the security community couldn't react fast enough. I'm not sure when there will be a chance to strike another such blow.