Secure Computing, a public company that provides enterprise security solution has released the internet threat report that provides the latest statistics and analysis on internet threats.

Some highlights include:
- an exponential rise of spam this year by 280% over last year
- 27-Mar-08 saw the most number of spam mails sent; official count is 185 billion
- since March this year, spam mails have decreased by 40%
- there was a 45 percent increase in the average number of porn sites found daily since January 2008
- 50 percent of all web sites’ content is now in non-English languages
- among the types of spam, male enhancement, product replica, prescription drugs, gambling, pornography, debt job offer, phishing were the major contributors
- pop culture and current events like the Olympics or US elections are used to lure users into responding or clicking on links whose sole purpose is to download malware

There are no surprises in the top spamming nations that account for 55% of the total spam messages.

Spammer #1 : USA
Spam Percentage : 16.56%

Spammer #2 : Russia
Spam Percentage : 6.71%

Spammer #3 : Turkey
Spam Percentage : 6.51%

Spammer #4 : Brazil
Spam Percentage : 5.29%

Spammer #5 : Italy
Spam Percentage : 4.32%

Spammer #6 : China
Spam Percentage : 3.49%

Spammer #7 : Great Britain
Spam Percentage : 3.37%

Spammer #8 : Columbia
Spam Percentage : 3.09%

Spammer #9 : India
Spam Percentage : 2.99%

Spammer #10 : South Korea
Spam Percentage : 2.87%

Here are ways to get rid of spam:
- use spam filters like Trend Micro, Symantec, Computer Associates, Sophos (Satcom), McAfee, Netscreen, Prime Infotec, GajShield Infotech and Websense
- try not to click on links inside mails especially the unsubscribe me links; there is a good chance that you might give them your username and password in the process
- don’t buy anything through an unsolicited e-mail
- delete unsolicited e-mails as you might risk a virus attack on your computer
- when you send e-mails to many people at the same time, use the BCC (blind copy) field so that the recipients are unable to see the other addresses
- don’t provide your e-mail ID on instant messengers, chat rooms etc

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