Spam flood goes on despite bust

Atkinson and those working with him allegedly controlled a “botnet” of 35,000 malware-infected computers, which were used to send the spam messages.

Ducklin said the only clear-cut way to make a visible dent in spam volumes was for PC users around the world to ensure their computers were clean of the malware that allows spammers to hijack their computers for use as part of a botnet.

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