SpamThru Trojan & Warezov Virus Spike Spam Levels

The firm focuses the upsurge in volume of spam as spammers get ready for the vacation period, when there's a marked increase in the newest botnet actions and deluge of SpamThru Trojan & Warezov virus.

Spammers have used various strategies to evade exposure in email screening systems. They issued an outflow of fresh breeds of malevolent programs to confound anti-virus scanners. Furthermore, they copied every dispatched email and fused it with a listing of email destinations, equipping the zombie to send multitude of spams.
A special 'dropper' strain of the Warezov virus directs the affected machine to transfer an exe file, from an IP code. Normally the .exe file transfers spam content and email addresses, transforming the affected PC into a spam manufacturing business.

Employing a dropper method entails Warezov not conveying its programs at the onset, making it tougher to be identified through regular anti-virus application.
The latest armory of spammers is a spam-directing malevolent program named SpamThru. It uses the "spam cannon" method and by attaching a copy of every delivered spam to a listing of email destinations, machines are able to discharge innumerable junk emails and escape detection.

The CTO at MessageLabs, Mark Sunner, said, "In the past months, the spotlight has mainly been on aimed virus strikes and spam was scarcely noticed.

"But with the appearance of SpamThru and Warezov, it appears that spammers have been perfecting their skills and are armed with latest methods to hoodwink security measures."

During October, the worldwide proportion of spam email transfer from new and undisclosed risky origins was 72.9 percent, a growth of 8.5 percent from the past month, as per MessageLabs. This is the steepest hike in spam volumes since January 2006 that saw a hike a raise of 9.2%.

MessageLabs maintained that users shouldn't fight such menaces and forceful email screening should be executed by ISPs before these mails reach the inboxes of users. Also, this would free the bandwidth to allow the legitimate traffic to flow swiftly.

Spam volumes are estimated to grow in future with spammers fortifying their crusades near Christmas.

Related article: Spamta Variants- Still Causing Headaches

» SPAMfighter News - 11/6/2006