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BT Fires Back at Spammers

Chris Mellor writes on NetworkWorld:

BT has launched an automated system to identify professional spammers and 'botnet'-infected customers on the BT broadband network.

Professional spammers will face account termination, and unwitting spammers and virus transmitters will receive help cleansing their computers of the programs that turn their PCs into "zombies." Although there remain questions over how much BT customers will benefit when they face effective disconnection and charges for technical assistance. BT has also not made it clear if it will help customers prevent their computer from becoming re-infected.

The system uses Content Forensics from StreamShield Networks and, using an in-band Content Security Gateway scanner, scans millions of SMTP e-mails a day. It then provides BT with detailed reports on the location and size of spam-related problems originating from BT's network.

posted by Fergie @ 10/13/2006 10:14:00 AM