 DaSneaky1Done wall to block them allPremium,MVM
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The Lou
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| Earthquake related comment spam reduction? Has anyone noticed the reduction of comment spam since that Asian earthquake the other day? I went from a mere 180~ attempts a day to a little over 20.
I'm wondering all that congestion from rerouted traffic due to the undersea cables being cut is causing this.
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 rjacksonPremium,Mod
join:2002-04-02
Ringgold, GA
kudos:1 | Not particularly. I still average a spam about once every three minutes. |
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 jmpenguinJmpenguinPremium
join:2004-01-16
Labelle, FL | reply to DaSneaky1D
Yes i have noticed less spam,
I thought it was because un-patched and secured PC's were replaced by new Christmas present PC's. Most of the spam we get is relayed from zombie PC's.Also many businesses were closed for the long weekend.
Our email servers block IP address ranges from Asia and other well known spam generators.
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 JAAuldeWeb DeveloperPremium,MVM
join:2001-05-09
Hagerstown, MD
kudos:3 | reply to DaSneaky1D
Anything that takes large portions of Asia offline without injury or death is A-OK in my book! 
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DaSneaky1Done wall to block them allPremium,MVM
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The Lou | reply to jmpenguin
It could be due to new PC's as well, but without a way to control the PC's the bots would serve little function.
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| said by DaSneaky1D:It could be due to new PC's as well, but without a way to control the PC's the bots would serve little function. New PCs as a percentage of the installed base are tiny. If there is a reduction then it is either the telecommunications hassles in the far east or just spammers _and their customers_ (US based, of course) have days off to hang with family, like everyone else, and while they are away their botnets go idle or they don't setup new campaign buys. |
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Regardless of whatever the reason for it is, the current reduction in the level spam is very much appreciated. Wish I knew of persistent ways to make spammers stay off of our internet. |
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