Spam still at record high levels

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The rate of spam messages as a portion of all Internet e-mail traffic continues at nearly record levels. In February, spam accounted for 93% of all Internet-based e-mail. Spam is up over 200% from just 15 months ago.

Spam and botnets are estimated to be a $100 billion economic value today.

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