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Stemming the Tide of Spam

The Irish Independent

14 June 2007

Three years ago Bill Gates predicted the spam problem would be solved by 2006. Now it's worse than ever. How did he get it so badly wrong?..."We have a cold war situation where each side is upping the ante each time" says Ken O'Driscoll, technical director with IE Internet.

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Spam Increase

The Irish Examiner

08 June 2007

The amount of spam - or junk mail - sent to Irish email users has increased by over 10% since the start of the year, according to the latest figures from email hosting company, IE Internet.

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Net Spam on the Rise

Irish Daily Mirror

06 June 2007

Irish web users are being hit with more than 10 per cent extra spam in six months, figures revealed yesterday. Web hosting firm IE Internet said the rate increased from 53 per cent in January to 64 per cent last month.

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Two Thirds of All Emails are Spam

Herald AM

06 June 2007

Almost two-thirds of emails sent to Irish addresses are spam, latest figures have revealed. Email hosting company IE Internet put the same spam rate at 64pc last month - up from January's figure of 53pc.

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Email Spam Up 10pc

Irish Daily Mail

06 June 2007

The amount of spam sent to Irish email users has increased by 10pc since the start of the year, according to the latest figures from email hosting company IE Internet. The U.S. and France were the top sources of May's spam, the company said.

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Man charged in US with sending spam e-mails

The Irish Times

01 June 2007

Internet users could notice a decrease in junk e-mail after the arrest of a man described as one of the world's "most prolific spammers"...IE Internet, an Irish managed email firm, estimates that more than 60 per cent of e-mails sent to Irish e-mail addresses in April was spam, with the bulk of the unsolicited email coming from the US and Korea.

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Zombie Spam King Arrested

Metro

01 June 2007

by Ross McGuinness

The man known as the Spam King, because he allegedly sent millions of junk e-mails using an army of 'zombie' computers, has been arrested...In Ireland 62 per cent of e-mails contain spam. Ken O'Driscoll, technical manager at IE Internet, said: 'There are ten to 12 top spammers who are responsible for 80 per cent of the spam you receive.'

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