BT launches anti-spam software

Vikingod · Oct 16, 2006, 02:57 PM

Source: TechSpot
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Telecommunications giant BT is to release specially developed software that makes it possible to detect junk mail and wipe out all types of spam. Known as Content Forensics (and created by StreamShield Networks), the software can scan several million emails per day and can then produce reports on rogue email addresses, adding them to an industry-wide blacklist.

The software is seemingly good for identifying mail that has been sent from botnets. BT has stated that 80 percent of internet emails - around 6.5 billion a day - are spam, and that many of these are generated by professional spammers and sent via botnets - networks of rogue software-infected PCs which send out masses of spam without the knowledge or permission of their owners. BT has pledged to turn the tables on professional spammers and help reduce what BT sees as wasted bandwidth.

Oct 16, 2006, 02:57 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	BT launches anti-spam software Source: TechSpot _________ Telecommunications giant BT is to release specially developed software that makes it possible to detect junk mail and wipe out all types of spam. Known as Content Forensics (and created by StreamShield Networks), the software can scan several million emails per day and can then produce reports on rogue email addresses, adding them to an industry-wide blacklist. The software is seemingly good for identifying mail that has been sent from botnets. BT has stated that 80 percent of internet emails - around 6.5 billion a day - are spam, and that many of these are generated by professional spammers and sent via botnets - networks of rogue software-infected PCs which send out masses of spam without the knowledge or permission of their owners. BT has pledged to turn the tables on professional spammers and help reduce what BT sees as wasted bandwidth.