Dip in Canadian Pharmacy spam

2010-10-01

Helen Martin

Virus Bulletin, UK

Editor: Helen Martin

Abstract

Levels of Canadian Pharmacy spam drop following closure of notorious spam affiliate.

Levels of Canadian Pharmacy spam have seen a significant drop following the closure of notorious spam affiliate Spamit early this month.

Spamit, one of the largest fake pharmacy affiliate programs that bombard users with messages advertising pharmaceutical products from Canada, announced its intention to cease operations at the start of the month, claiming that increased attention on its business had made it impossible to continue. A statement on the program’s website read: ‘Because of the numerous negative events [that] happened last year and the risen attention to our affiliate program we’ve decided to stop accepting the traffic from 1.10.2010.’ Cisco and several other sources reported a decrease in global spam volumes immediately following Spamit’s closure.

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