Mntsnow
06-09-2004, 7:40 AM
Unwanted emails, or spam, surged to an all-time high in May representing as much as three-quarters of all email traffic, according to a survey.
The internet security firm MessageLabs said of some 909 million emails scanned at its customers, 691.5 million were intercepted as spam, or 76 per cent.
The firm said the percentage of virus-infected emails held steady at around 9.1 per cent.
"Email-borne viruses have plagued businesses for years, whereas spam has become the primary pain point only recently and now far surpasses the number of virus-infected emails," said Mark Sunner, chief technology officer at MessageLabs. Read more at Austrailian IT (http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,9791018%5E15318%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html)
The internet security firm MessageLabs said of some 909 million emails scanned at its customers, 691.5 million were intercepted as spam, or 76 per cent.
The firm said the percentage of virus-infected emails held steady at around 9.1 per cent.
"Email-borne viruses have plagued businesses for years, whereas spam has become the primary pain point only recently and now far surpasses the number of virus-infected emails," said Mark Sunner, chief technology officer at MessageLabs. Read more at Austrailian IT (http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,9791018%5E15318%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html)