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Social networking sites allow smarter spam ops, 192% rise in '08

SYDNEY, Apr 15, 2009 (Asia In Focus via COMTEX) --

Company: Symantec Corp. (SYMC)

The amount of spam sent over the internet increased by 192 per cent in 2008, and social networking sites are contributing to more sophisticated spam attacks, says a computer security company. SYMANTEC's annual Internet Security Report found 349.6 billion spam messages were sent worldwide in 2008, up 192 per cent on the 119.6 billion messages sent in 2007.

* The increase came despite a crackdown in 2008 which led to several major sources of spam being shut down, Symantec spokesman Steve Martin said on Tuesday.

* "Spam remains a prevalent form of trying to trick people into doing things," he told AAP.

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Company: Symantec Corp. (SYMC)


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