11.306.2006 - Increased Spam Levels Fuelled Through Aggressive Botnet Activities

NEW YORK, NY - November 2, 2006 - MessageLabs, a leading provider of integrated messaging and web security services to businesses worldwide, today announced the results of its MessageLabs Intelligence Report for October 2006. In this report, MessageLabs highlights the sudden increase in spam levels as spammers gear up to the holiday season, attributed to a huge rise in recent botnet activities and the latest outbreak of the Warezov virus, responsible for dropping an aggressive spam Trojan. - View Press Release