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Networking In GeneralWe have all been the target of spammers. Imagine yourself sitting at home, by your computer and then the spamming begins. You are sure to get tons and tons of messages you don't want if you are the target of a spammer. But you are not the only one, read the text below to find out more.
According to the experts at Kaspersky Lab, the percentage of spam in electronic traffic increased by 1.4 percent and it averages 71.1 percent. Malicious contents were found in 1.8 percent of all attachments of emails, which is 1 percent less than the previous month.
Last month, the spammers have actively used the name Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple. In the title of unsolicited e-mails the recipient is invited to know the secret to the success of the famous businessman, while the body of the message is was advertisement for free courses according to a statement from Kaspersky.
Another scam from spammers in June was the an offer for the admission in U.S. universities, as well as an offer for online training for users comfort. The content of these messages were often links to pages with application forms for courses.
Spammers in June are continuing to use familiar tricks. Specifically, we noted several mass mailings that promote both conventional and electronic cigarettes, during which authors use the Google Translate service to create spam links. Furthermore, spammers add on the end of the link randomly drawn groups of letters and Google domain names in different languages.
As before, a significant amount of spam in the world came from China (24%) and USA (17%), while South Korea is in third place with 14 percent of spam sent.
South Korea remains the leading source of spam sent to European users (53.3%) and its share increased by 9.6 percent, while the United States (4.6%) and Vietnam (3.7%) dropped to fourth and fifth place leaving Italy second (6.7%) and Taiwan third (5%). Italian spam rose by 3.9 percent compared to May, when the country was still in seventh place.
Malicious attachments were found in 1.8 percent of e-mails. As in previous months, fraudsters often use their favorite trick - a notification on behalf of well-known companies.
Spamming is known to be boring, but it can also be very dangerous. Often, spammers place computer viruses in attachments and if you open them your computer gets infected. You need to be cautious when it comes to spammers.
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