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Spam levels in the first week of January have taken a sudden jerk, falling by 30%. It is believed that this was caused by spammers losing control of one of their ‘botnets’ - networks of infected PCs used to churn out spam.

Don’t get too excited though, it is merely a blip with e-mail security firm Postini reporting that spam continues to grow at record rates, accounting for 94% of all email traffic in December.

Ref. E-Consultancy