Updates

In a new report from Internet security company Sophos, the number of infected web pages has nearly triped in 2008. In its newly released Q1 08 threat report, the company noted that it discovered a new infected Web page every 5 seconds. In 2007, the company says, it saw new infected Web pages every 14 seconds. This appears to be occurring at the same time there is a decline in infected email. Sophos reports that about 1 out of every 2,500 e-mail messages contained malware, compared to 1 out of every 909 messages monitored in 2007. This appears to be related to a move by spammers from infectious email attachments to the use of links that lead to infected sites. However, email spam is still an issue. The Sophos reported that 92.3% of e-mail during 1Q 2008 was spam.

BigDrum continues to monitor and update its spam and virus filters to ensure that both the mail you receive and your web sites are protected from any malicious external attacks. We recommend that you update your local computer anti-virus and spam filters on a regular basis.