Re: Scans are way up, attacks are down??

[Chris Paul <chris.paul () rexconsulting net>]

On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 09:45:42 +0100
"lsi" <stuart () cyberdelix net> wrote:

> John, 
>
> What I noticed is that as the SoBig virus went up, the number of spams I received went down. 
>
> See chart here: http://cyberdelix.net/media/spamtrak.gif
>
> The lowest dip is August 15, 3 days before Sobig. 
>
> Does this mean BOFH's stop spamming because they are configuring their viruses??? 


Perhaps some of the home-spammers got hit with the virus. Easily could explain part of it. Depends on what you mean by 
spam.

CP



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