Huge drop in spam as McColo closes - bit-tech.net Forums

Tim S · 14th Nov 2008, 13:26

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/11...ccolo-closes/1

Hosting company McColo was forcibly removed from the Internet by its upstream providers early this week, and up to 75 percent of spam world-wide went with it.

plagio · 14th Nov 2008, 13:34

good news indeed, unfortunately my inbox is still full of rolex replica, cialis and viagra spam

DarkLord7854 · 14th Nov 2008, 13:36

These kind of people need to be shot -.-

Kúsař · 14th Nov 2008, 14:15

Is it really so hard for them to check from time to time what's running on their servers?

pendragon · 14th Nov 2008, 14:49

props for killing the server...too bad it won't last

kenco_uk · 14th Nov 2008, 15:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by LA Times

A September effort by Armin's team focused on another hosting company, Atrivo/Intercage, and when major Internet carriers dropped that company, spam fell 10%. Some Atrivo/Intercage customers switched to McColo, the new report says, and the volume went back up. More reports are being prepared.

"People thought the first community-source effort was a fluke," Ferguson said. "Now they see with McColo, it's not a fluke. The community can police its own backyard and purge the badness."

source: LA Times

supermonkey · 14th Nov 2008, 15:03

I hope they get back up and running soon. My supply of Viagra, Cialis, and penis pumps is running a tad thin.

-monkey

DarkLord7854 · 14th Nov 2008, 15:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by supermonkey

I hope they get back up and running soon. My supply of Viagra, Cialis, and penis pumps is running a tad thin.

-monkey

What, you don't get the year-long supply offers? You need to sign up to better spam sites sheesh.

kosch · 14th Nov 2008, 16:42

Spam gives me hope when I see it downloading it outlook it actually makes me think that someone might want to talk to me haha.

supermonkey · 14th Nov 2008, 17:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarkLord7854

What, you don't get the year-long supply offers? You need to sign up to better spam sites sheesh.

For some reason, all my year-long supplies only last a couple weeks.

Am I taking too much?

-monkey

chrisb2e9 · 14th Nov 2008, 21:28

My gmail spam box had over 900 messages in it. So, I hope that wasn't 75% less than what there would of been!

Darkefire · 15th Nov 2008, 00:17

How much of a blithering moron do you have to be to order stuff from a spam e-mail nowadays, or to click on a link from an unknown sender? Sooner or later you think we'd reach the point where the only people stupid enough to do these things are the ones too stupid to own or operate a computer.

The_Beast · 15th Nov 2008, 00:37

I love spam

send me more please

PhenomRed · 15th Nov 2008, 01:24

not having a home loan makes me impotent, according to leading spam-senders

rhuitron · 15th Nov 2008, 05:08

Ding Dong the Witch is Dead!!!

naokaji · 15th Nov 2008, 07:36

Spam? lol... not getting any, atleast not on my real email.
Seriously, all you need to fight spam are multiple emails, a real one you only give to close family and friends and then another one you dont care how much spam you get which you use everywhere else.

ParaHelix.org · 15th Nov 2008, 10:21

75% of all spam could be from one company? Jesus, that's actually quite impressive.

mikeuk2004 · 15th Nov 2008, 10:37

Whats wrong with spam?? I eat it all the time, and they even sell battered spam now in Somerfield. Win

RTT · 15th Nov 2008, 13:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kúsař

Is it really so hard for them to check from time to time what's running on their servers?

It didn't really work like that. Spammers were using servers at McColo to command botnets, the actual spam wasn't originating at McColo at all. I suspect they knew exactly what was going on but decided to turn a blind eye to it. Unfortunately it means that as soon as the spammers find a new home it'll all return to business as usual, this is likely to be just a temporary blip

g3n3tiX · 15th Nov 2008, 18:33

The internet breathes a little better now, but sadly not for long.

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