Internet 14 per cent less
clogged
A move by the Federal Trade Commission to close the rogue ISP
Pricewert has cut the international levels of spam by 14 per cent.
The
FTC claimed that Pricewert was used to distribute illegal, malicious, and
harmful content and deployment of botnets. After the FTC shut down Pricewert,
the Cutwail botnet which is responsible for 35 percent of all spam in May
suddenly suffered a major, outage. Another botnet Pushdo was also reportedly
affected.
Both Pushdo and Cutwail used 3FN one of Pricewert's shop
fronts. According to the data released Monday by TRACElabs, the overall spam
volume index has been reduced by 15 percent since Thursday. While
Pricewert has not been convicted of anything yet and this could all be a
coincidence, the speed at which the spammers have recovered is alarming.
It
is looking like they have learnt the value of not sticking their eggs in one
basket.