Comments on: Spammer McColo taken down, spam problem solved

By: Fred

Fred — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:58:10 +0000

And now spam levels are at a much higher level than they were before McColo got disconnected. All it’s done in the longer term is teach spammers to make their systems more resilient.

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By: el blog de dsa : Muchisimo menos spam durante esta semana

el blog de dsa : Muchisimo menos spam durante esta semana — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:20:40 +0000

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| $ cat /dev/brain > /dev/blog — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:50:42 +0000

[...] in addition, I cannot verify that the spam situation improved after one of the major botnet control hosters was taken down. Quite the contrary. We saw a small decrease for a few days but the average number of spam/malware [...]

By: Randy

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By: gracias

gracias — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:01:40 +0000

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By: diem

diem — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:33:46 +0000

Jail? Let’s eat them and steal their power.

By: Andrew Warner

Andrew Warner — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:33:33 +0000

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Cae la mafia que controlaba 66% del Spam en USA - MadBoxpc.com — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:45:10 +0000

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By: 75% of Spam Shut Down? | Vault9 Blog

75% of Spam Shut Down? | Vault9 Blog — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:13:51 +0000

[...] Cali Spammers McColo Shut Down, Spam Drops Precipitously (Don’t Worry, It’ll Be Back) [...]

By: zap_spammers

zap_spammers — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:52:05 +0000

All those spammers and supporting host services should be sent to jail. Think of about of energy and carbon footprint they create.

By: Web 2.0 Bubble

Web 2.0 Bubble — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:41:58 +0000

All the spammers and hosting services supporting those bozos should be in jail. Just think of the amount of time and productivity wasted by average users and the obscene messages in those spams. Even worse, the amount of energy (carbon footprint) used to send spams which constitute about 90% of the Internet traffic.

By: PostalLocator.com

PostalLocator.com — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:43:59 +0000

locator dude is king.

KingLocator.com – just lettin’ it be known.

By: FVB > McColo Spam Botnets Taken Down to Chinatown

FVB > McColo Spam Botnets Taken Down to Chinatown — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:32:43 +0000

FVB > McColo Spam Botnets Taken Down to Chinatown…

“I will be watching you and if I find that you are trying to corrupt my first born child, I will bring you down, baby. I will bring you down to Chinatown.” — Jack Byrnes, Meet the Parents

A San Jose, CA hosting company, McColo Corp, that many sec…

By: Tostada-man

Tostada-man — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:56:03 +0000

I’m even getting spam on my microwave oven.

If ISP’s could reduce the SPAM traffic, would that be enough to eliminate the bandwidth limit for their users?

By: Victor Caballero

Victor Caballero — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:47:32 +0000

Nuts. They must be stopped! Where’s the SPAM relief package? oh, wait they are too busy with bailouts for their pals.

By: MentalFresco | Two-thirds of SPAM Killed (temporarily) Yesterday

MentalFresco | Two-thirds of SPAM Killed (temporarily) Yesterday — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:32:15 +0000

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By: Dan Field

Dan Field — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:31:42 +0000

At ClearMyMail, we have recorded a significant drop in some types of spam sent to some users (Not all, some are rising), but as is always the case – the the spammers will always come back, and usually much stronger.

If you are in the UK for example then only 12.5% of your spam actually comes from the US:
http://www.clearmymail.com/SpamIndex/Q2_2008_Top_10_Countries_Sending_Spam_To_UK.aspx

The drop will be very short lived though, spammers are a dedicated bunch and are already moving their operations to other hosts. We are already starting to see the levels rise again.

We are building up for the holiday season, preparing for what is expected to be the biggest spam barrage yet.