Cerebral Shangrila

Wednesday, September 03, 2003

VIRUSES & SPAM

Viruses & spam have proved to be one of the Biggest Nemesis to the Internet Growth . Among the emails I receive in a Day almost 95% (That is an awful percentage) are spam mails . Thankfully since I use High restrictive filters most of them get caught by my Risk Filter . But Spam have eroded the credibility of the e-mail technology to a very large extent .

The Virus have seen a huge spurt this Fall & have become increasingly malicious & destructive. They have stopped ATM's from Working , Rendered Airline Reservation to a standstill & have even challenged the Security of most nations. Unless we combat these two demons , the future of Internet looks increasingly nebulous & dangerous. Here is an article by Businessweek on it .

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